Serge Savard

Serge Aubrey Savard, (born January 22, 1946 in Landrienne, Quebec) is a former professional defenceman , most famously with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL. .
==Playing career==
Savard played junior hockey with the Montreal Junior Canadiens, then played minor pro with the Omaha Knights and the Houston Apollos. He started playing with the Montreal Canadiens in 1966. In 1968–69, his second full NHL season, he led the Canadiens to a second consecutive Stanley Cup win, becoming the first defencemen to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player.
He broke his leg and missed the end of the 1969-70 NHL season , which was a major factor in the Canadiens missing the playoffs. The next season he broke his leg again but was able to make it back in the 1971-72 NHL season and after.
In seventeen seasons with the Canadiens, Savard played on eight Stanley Cup championship teams: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. In 1979, he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance and dedication to the game. Savard played the last two seasons of his career with the Winnipeg Jets before retiring in 1983. Savard was the second last active player of the Original Six era after Wayne Cashman. 
The "Savardian Spin-o-rama", which is a quick pivoting turn with the puck done in order to evade opponents, was coined by Danny Gallivan and named after Serge Savard, and not Denis Savard (who was adept at the same manoeuvre) as is often thought.
==Post-playing career==
After Savard retired as a player, he was named the general manager of the Canadiens, also serving as Manager of the minor league Sherbrooke Canadiens. Savard won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke in 1985. In the 1986 and in the 1993 the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup under Savard.
In 1998, he was ranked number 81 on the List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News.
On November 18, 2006, the Montreal Canadiens retired his jersey number (18) in a special ceremony at Bell Centre.
== Career statistics ==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1963–64 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA 	 	56 	3 	31 	34 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1964–65 	Omaha Knights 	CPHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4
1965–65 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA 	 	56 	14 	33 	47 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1965–66 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA 	 	46 	9 	12 	21 	72 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1966–67 	Houston Apollos 	CPHL 	 	68 	7 	25 	32 	155 	 	5 	1 	3 	4 	17
1966–67 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1966–67 	Quebec Aces 	AHL 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
1967–68 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	67 	2 	13 	15 	34 	 	6 	2 	0 	2 	0
1968–69 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	74 	8 	23 	31 	73 	 	14 	4 	6 	10 	24
1969–70 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	64 	12 	19 	31 	38 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1970–71 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	37 	5 	10 	15 	30 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1971–72 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	23 	1 	8 	9 	16 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	10
1972–73 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	74 	7 	32 	39 	58 	 	17 	3 	8 	11 	22
1973–74 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	67 	4 	14 	18 	49 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	4
1974–75 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	80 	20 	40 	60 	64 	 	11 	1 	7 	8 	2
1975–76 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	71 	8 	39 	47 	38 	 	13 	3 	6 	9 	6
1976–77 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	78 	9 	33 	42 	35 	 	14 	2 	7 	9 	2
1977–78 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	77 	8 	34 	42 	24 	 	15 	1 	7 	8 	8
1978–79 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	80 	7 	26 	33 	30 	 	16 	2 	7 	9 	6
1979–80 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	46 	5 	8 	13 	18 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
1980–81 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	77 	4 	13 	17 	30 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1981–82 	Winnipeg Jets 	NHL 	 	47 	2 	5 	7 	26 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
1982–83 	Winnipeg Jets 	NHL 	 	76 	4 	16 	20 	29 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	1040 	106 	333 	439 	592 	 	130 	19 	49 	68 	88
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards==
*Won the Conn Smythe Trophy - 1969
*Named an NHL Second-Team All-Star - 1979
*Played in 4 NHL All-Star games (1970, 1973, 1977, 1978)
*Played in the 1979 Challenge Cup
*Won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy - 1979
*Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame - 1986
Category:Canadian ice hockey general managers
Category:Montreal Canadiens general managers
Category:Born in 1946
Category:1972 Team Canada players
Category:Bill Masterton Trophy winners
Category:Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Conn Smythe Trophy winners
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Montreal Junior Canadiens alumni
Category:National Hockey League players with retired numbers
Category:Omaha Knights (CHL) players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Winnipeg Jets players
Category:Houston Apollos players
Category:Retired in 1983
Category:Order of Hockey in Canada recipients