Steve Saviano

Steve Saviano
Saviano with Tappara in 2009
Born	August 31, 1981 Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
EBEL team Former teams	HC Bolzano Lowell Lock Monsters Tappara Växjö Lakers Djurgårdens IF
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2005–present

Stephen Saviano (born August 31, 1981) is an American-Italian professional ice hockey left winger. He is currently playing for HCB South Tyrol in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

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]

Awards and honors

Award	Year
Hockey East All-Tournament Team	2003	[2]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	2003	[3]
All-Hockey East First Team	2003–04
AHCA East First-Team All-American	2003–04

References

1. "HCB welcome two additions to squad" (in Italian). HCB South Tyrol. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
2. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
3. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

• Steve Saviano's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Steve Saviano's career statistics at EliteProspects.com