Joel Savage

Joel Savage (born December 25, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Savage was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1988 NHL entry draft. Savage played three NHL games, which came during the 1990–91 season with the Sabres. Savage played his junior hockey career with the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League, compiling 143 points in 197 games.

Playing career Savage's North American professional career included stints with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (1989–1993) and Fort Wayne Komets (1992–1994), San Diego Gulls (1993–1994), and Kalamazoo Wings (1993–1994) of the International Hockey League. Savage also played in 39 games with the Canadian National Team between 1994 and 1996.

Savage played several seasons professionally in Europe before retiring following the 2003–2004 season. In Europe, he played with the Starbulls Rosenheim, Frankfurt Lions, and Adler Mannheim of Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, and HC Lugano and EV Zug of Nationalliga A in Switzerland. In 2002, he became a Swiss citizen through marriage. Savage eventually returned to Canada and settled in Cranbrook, British Columbia, where he is the President of Havaday Developments Inc., which is the developer of the Wildstone golf resort in Cranbrook in partnership with Gary Player.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 Kelowna Packers BCHL 43 10 12 22 76 11 2 1 3 6 1986–87 Victoria Cougars WHL 68 14 13 27 48 5 2 0 2 0 1987–88 Victoria Cougars WHL 37 32 69 73 — — — — — 1988–89 Victoria Cougars WHL 60 17 30 47 95 6 1 1 2 8 1989–90 Rochester Americans AHL 43 6 7 13 39 5 0 1 1 4 1990–91 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Rochester Americans AHL 61 25 19 44 45 15 3 3 6 8 1991–92 Rochester Americans AHL 59 8 14 22 39 9 2 0 2 8 1992–93 Rochester Americans AHL 6 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 12 1992–93 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 46 21 16 37 60 10 3 5 8 22 1993–94 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 31 2 11 13 29 — — — — — 1993–94 San Diego Gulls IHL 20 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 4 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 1994–95 Canadian National Team Intl 37 10 17 27 47 — — — — — 1995–96 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 50 16 38 54 62 4 0 3 3 18 1996–97 Star Bulls Rosenheim GmbH DEL 46 8 19 27 108 3 0 2 2 2 1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL 27 7 14 21 40 — — — — — 1997–98 EV Zug NDA 11 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 1998–99 Frankfurt Lions DEL 49 13 11 24 56 8 4 3 7 8 1999–00 Adler Mannheim DEL 47 10 13 23 61 5 0 0 0 4 2000–01 HC Lugano NLA 41 8 8 16 63 18 4 3 7 30 2001–02 EV Zug NLA 31 12 12 24 38 5 0 0 0 6 2002–03 EV Zug NLA 34 3 5 8 24 — — — — — 2003–04 EV Zug NLA 47 4 6 10 67 2 0 0 0 2 DEL totals 219 54 95 149 327 20 4 8 12 32 NHL totals 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —