Andre Savard

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Position Centre
Height
Weight		 6 ft 01 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb)
Pro clubs Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Quebec Nordiques
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born September 2, 1953 (1953-09-02) (age 54),
Témiscaming, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft 6th overall, 1973
Boston Bruins
WHA draft 3rd overall, 1973
Quebec Nordiques
Pro career 1973 – 1985

André Savard (born September 2, 1953 in Témiscaming, Quebec) is a retired former professional ice hockey centre. He and his wife, Marie-France, have two sons, Patrick and Dany.

[edit] Playing career

Savard played 790 National Hockey League games for the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres and Quebec Nordiques. He was drafted sixth overall in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft by the Boston Bruins. He tallied 482 points (211 goals, 271 assists) during his career.

He served as head coach of the Quebec Nordiques. He was the General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens from November 20, 2000 until the end of the 2002–2003 regular season. He then spend the following three years as Montreal's assistant GM. He was hired as an Assistant Coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 3, 2006.

[edit] Coaching record

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
G W L T OTL Pts Finish Result
QUE 1987–88 80 32 43 5 - 69 5th in Adams Missed Playoffs
Preceded by
Réjean Houle		 General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens
2000 – 2003		 Succeeded by
Bob Gainey
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Quebec Nordiques Head Coaches
Richard • Filion • Plante • Gendron • Boileau • Filion • Demers • Filion • Bergeron • Savard • Lapointe • Perron • Bergeron • Chambers • Pagé • Crawford
v • d • e
Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche first-round draft picks
Nordiques (WHA): Savard • Cloutier • Mondou • Green • DeBlois
Nordiques (NHL): Goulet • Moller • Shaw • Stienburg • Latta • McRae • Fogarty • Sakic • Leschyshyn • Dore • Sundin • Nolan • Lindros • Warriner • Thibault • Deadmarsh • Belak • Kealty
Avalanche: Denis • Ratchuk • Grimes • Tanguay • Skoula • Regehr • Parker • Kuleshov • Nedorost • Johansson • Wolski • Stewart • Shattenkirk
v • d • e
Boston Bruins first-round draft picks
Romashyna • Campbell • Bailey • Gibbs • Bonnar • Schock • Tannahill • Spring • Boldirev • Leach • MacLeish • Plumb • Stewart • Jones • O'Reilly • Bloom • Savard • Larway • Halward • Pachal • Foster • Secord • Bourque • McCrimmon • Pederson • Leveille • Kluzak • Markwart • Pasin • Janney • Wesley • Quintal • Cimetta • Stevenson • Smolinski • Murray • Kvartalnov • Adams • Ryabchikov • McLaren • Brown • Aitken • Thornton • Samsonov • Boynton • Jonsson • Samuelsson • Morrisonn • Toivonen • Stuart • Lashoff • Kessel • Hamill
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