Stephen Saviano (born August 31, 1981) is a former American professional ice hockey left winger. He last played for the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2.

Steve Saviano
Saviano with Tappara in 2009
Born (1981-08-31) August 31, 1981 (age 43)
Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
DEL2 team
Former teams
Lausitzer Füchse
Lowell Lock Monsters
Tappara
Växjö Lakers
Djurgårdens IF
HC Bolzano
Belfast Giants
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–2019

Saviano spent four seasons with the University of New Hampshire and turned pro in 2004. He had spells in the American Hockey League with the Lowell Lock Monsters and the ECHL with the Florida Everblades. In 2006 he moved to Sweden to play in HockeyAllsvenskan the country's second tier, playing for the Växjö Lakers. In 2007, he signed with Finnish SM-liiga side Tappara, but after two seasons in the Finnish SM-liiga, he returned to Växjö Lakers.

After six seasons in Sweden between the Lakers and Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Hockey League, Saviano left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with Italian participants of the Austrian EBEL, HCB South Tyrol on August 25, 2015.[1] In his only season with Bolzano in the 2015–16 campaign, Saviano contributed with 11 goals and 30 points in 54 games.

As a free agent, Saviano opted to leave Italy to sign with Northern Irish EIHL participants, the Belfast Giants, on a one-year contract on June 7, 2016.[2] He stayed for two seasons and was an assistant captain with the team during the 2017–18 season. On August 20, 2018, Saviano signed with the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2, playing one season there before retiring in 2019.[3]

Awards and honors

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Award Year
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2003 [4]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 2003 [5]
All-Hockey East First Team 2003–04
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2003–04

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Reading Memorial High School HSMA
1999–2000 Reading Memorial High School HSMA
2000–01 University of New Hampshire HE 16 1 1 2 2
2001–02 University of New Hampshire HE 40 13 14 27 6
2002–03 University of New Hampshire HE 42 9 30 39 18
2003–04 University of New Hampshire HE 41 27 22 49 2
2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 6 0 1 1 0
2004–05 Florida Everblades ECHL 58 14 38 52 4 17 4 14 18 2
2005–06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 25 6 3 9 14
2005–06 Florida Everblades ECHL 42 25 45 70 4 5 2 8 10 0
2006–07 Växjö Lakers Allsv 24 6 15 21 2 3 0 1 1 2
2007–08 Tappara SM-l 56 7 16 23 10 11 5 4 9 4
2008–09 Tappara SM-l 57 6 15 21 14
2009–10 Växjö Lakers Allsv 52 19 16 35 14 9 2 4 6 4
2010–11 Växjö Lakers Allsv 52 19 29 48 8 9 4 3 7 2
2011–12 Växjö Lakers SEL 54 9 12 21 2
2012–13 Växjö Lakers SEL 55 6 3 9 4
2013–14 Djurgårdens IF Allsv 52 11 17 28 8 10 0 3 3 2
2014–15 Djurgårdens IF SHL 53 7 7 14 6 2 0 0 0 0
2015–16 HC Bolzano AUT 54 11 19 30 4 6 1 0 1 2
2016–17 Belfast Giants GBR 52 17 28 45 2 3 1 0 1 0
2017–18 Belfast Giants GBR 54 20 28 48 14 2 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Lausitzer Füchse GER.2 50 23 25 48 12 7 2 3 5 0
ECHL totals 100 39 83 122 8 22 6 22 28 2
Allsv totals 180 55 77 132 32 31 6 11 17 10
SEL/SHL totals 162 22 22 44 12 2 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "HCB welcome two additions to squad". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ @BelfastGiants (June 7, 2016). "We are excited to welcome the newest member of 2016/17 @BelfastGiants...@SteveSaviano!! 🚨 #ThisIsBelfastWeAreGiants" (Tweet). Retrieved June 7, 2016 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @EIHLFanNews (April 1, 2019). "Former @BelfastGiants forward @SteveSaviano has announced his retirement.The 37 year old scored 115 points in 133…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hockey East Player of the Year
2003–04
Succeeded by
Preceded by Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
2003–04
Succeeded by