Steve Saviano

Stephen Saviano (born August 31, 1981) is a former American-Italian 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
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
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
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References
  1. "HCB welcome two additions to squad". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. "Steve Saviano signs with Giants". Belfast Giants. June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  3. https://twitter.com/EIHLFanNews/status/1112678769104486400
  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.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Mike Ayers
Ben Eaves		 Hockey East Player of the Year
2003–04		 Succeeded by
Patrick Eaves
Preceded by
Martin Kariya		 Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
2003–04		 Succeeded by
Jason Guerriero


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