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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jean Savard
Selected in second round
No.
19 overall by Chicago Black Hawks
Born April
26, 1957
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Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 172
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Quebec (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Verdun, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Verdun, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1974-75 |
Montreal | QMJHL |
72 | 35 |
24 | 59 |
44 | | 1975-76 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
68 | 25 |
42 | 67 |
58 | | 1976-77 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
72 | 84 |
96 | 180 |
110 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL Beliveau Trophy (Points Leader): 1976-77
(Quebec) (180)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1976-77 (Quebec)
QMJHL Goals Leader: 1976-77 (Quebec) (84 goals)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 6 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 13, 1977 (Chicago at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 27 (Chicago); 6 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-1980 |
Chicago, Hartford | 43 |
7 | 12 | 19 |
29 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Was Hartford's fifth pick in 1979 NHL Expansion Draft. ...
Wore Nos. 15 and 20 in Hartford's 1979 training camp. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Dallas (CHL); New Brunswick
(AHL); Springfield, Binghamton (AHL); Zurich (Switzerland); Salt Lake (CHL);
Salzburg (Austria); Waldkraiburg (West Germany)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by
Birmingham, No. 75 overall in Round 9)
Miscellaneous: Played for NHL
entry at 1979 Izvestia Tournament in Moscow.
Personal: Cousin of
former NHL player and Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Savard. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Chicago left Savard unprotected
for the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by Hartford on June 13,
1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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