Andre Savage

Andre Ronald Savage (born May 27, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 66 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. He completed his professional career in Germany with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career Savage played collegiate hockey with the Michigan Tech Huskies of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. At the completion of his senior season and having gone undrafted in the NHL entry draft he signed with the Boston Bruins as a free agent in 1998 and spent three seasons splitting his time between Boston and the Providence Bruins. He signed with the Vancouver Canucks in 2001, but spent the entire season with the club's American Hockey League affiliate in the Manitoba Moose. He then signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2002 where he played 16 games. It would be Savage's last season in the NHL as he spent the rest of his Flyers spell with the Philadelphia Phantoms and was loaned back to the Providence Bruins in 2003.

On July 22, 2004, he signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche, but he never played for the Avalanche thanks to the NHL lockout. Instead he played in the AHL with the Avalanche's affiliate in the Hershey Bears before being loaned out to the San Antonio Rampage.

In 2005, Savage embarked on a career abroad and moved to Sweden, signing with the Malmö Redhawks in the second tier HockeyAllsvenskan for one season before moving to the Sinupret Ice Tigers in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He retired from professional hockey upon completing his fourth season with the Ice Tigers in 2009–10.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 53 31 32 63 16 — — — — — 1992–93 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 54 34 34 68 38 — — — — — 1993–94 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 57 43 74 117 44 — — — — — 1994–95 Michigan Tech WCHA 39 7 17 24 56 — — — — — 1995–96 Michigan Tech WCHA 40 13 27 40 42 — — — — — 1996–97 Michigan Tech WCHA 37 18 20 38 34 — — — — — 1997–98 Michigan Tech WCHA 33 14 27 41 34 — — — — — 1998–99 Providence Bruins AHL 63 27 42 69 54 5 0 1 1 0 1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 6 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL 30 15 17 32 22 14 6 7 13 22 1999–00 Boston Bruins NHL 43 7 13 20 10 — — — — — 2000–01 Providence Bruins AHL 35 13 15 28 47 17 3 4 7 18 2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Manitoba Moose AHL 76 35 26 61 115 6 2 3 5 16 2002–03 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 64 11 31 42 66 — — — — — 2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 8 1 0 1 12 — — — — — 2003–04 Providence Bruins AHL 63 16 30 46 94 1 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 53 7 23 30 36 — — — — — 2004–05 San Antonio Rampage AHL 20 1 4 5 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 39 13 16 29 54 10 4 3 7 10 2006–07 Sinupret Ice Tigers DEL 36 16 18 34 26 13 3 5 8 12 2007–08 Sinupret Ice Tigers DEL 53 18 29 47 54 5 1 1 2 2 2008–09 Sinupret Ice Tigers DEL 51 14 23 37 78 5 1 3 4 2 2009–10 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 53 17 27 44 59 5 0 3 3 2 NHL totals 66 10 14 24 14 — — — — —

Awards and honors Award Year All-WCHA Third Team 1996–97 All-WCHA First Team 1997–98