Jean-François Sauvé

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 175

| played_for = Buffalo Sabres
Quebec Nordiques

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|23}}

| birth_place = Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1991

}}

Jean-François Sauvé ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa sove}}; born January 23, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Quebec Nordiques.

Biography

Sauve was born in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec. As a youth, he played in the 1972 and 1973 Québec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey teams from Pierrefonds, Québec, and from the North shore of Montreal.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}} In his NHL career, Sauvé appeared in 290 games. He scored sixty-five goals and added 138 assists.

Sauvé is the brother of former NHL goaltender Bob Sauvé and the uncle of former NHL goaltender Philippe Sauvé. Sauvé's son Maxime (born 1990) was selected 47th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, and played one NHL game with the team.[http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=17514 Elite Prospects - Maxime Sauvé player profile] His nephew, Philippe Sauvé is an NHL hockey player like his brother, Robert Sauvé.

Career statistics

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1976–77

| Lac St-Louis Lions

| QMAAA

| 40

| 44

| 79

| 123

| 34

| 6

| 9

| 8

| 17

| 12

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| Trois-Rivières Draveurs

| 6

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 0

| 13

| 4

| 9

| 13

| 20

| Trois-Rivières Draveurs

| MC

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

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| Trois-Rivières Draveurs

| QMJHL

| 72

| 65

| 111

| 176

| 31

| 13

| 19

| 19

| 38

| 4

| Trois-Rivières Draveurs

| MC

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 4

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 0

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| Trois-Rivières Draveurs

| QMJHL

| 72

| 63

| 124

| 187

| 31

| 7

| 5

| 9

| 14

| 0

| Rochester Americans

| 3

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

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| Buffalo Sabres

| 20

| 5

| 9

| 14

| 12

| 5

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 56

| 29

| 54

| 83

| 21

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 69

| 19

| 36

| 55

| 46

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 0

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 7

| 5

| 8

| 13

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 9

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 9

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 73

| 30

| 69

| 99

| 10

| 16

| 7

| 21

| 28

| 2

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 39

| 10

| 17

| 27

| 2

| 9

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 2

| Fredericton Express

| AHL

| 26

| 19

| 31

| 50

| 23

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 64

| 13

| 29

| 42

| 21

| 18

| 5

| 5

| 10

| 8

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 75

| 16

| 40

| 56

| 20

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| 32

| 32

| 58

| 90

| 31

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 14

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| NDA

| 36

| 34

| 52

| 86

| 40

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| NDA

| 34

| 24

| 35

| 59

| 14

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 6

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| Adirondack Red Wings

| AHL

| 16

| 7

| 19

| 26

| 18

| 17

| 6

| 12

| 18

| 6

| 35

| 43

| 62

| 105

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| ASG Tours

| FRA

| 23

| 21

| 29

| 50

| 22

| 3

| 3

| 0

| 3

| 0

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 181

! 91

! 182

! 273

! 76

! 37

! 14

! 35

! 49

! 10

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 290

! 65

! 138

! 203

! 114

! 36

! 9

! 12

! 21

! 10

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! colspan="3" | NDA totals

! 102

! 90

! 145

! 235

! 85

! 2

! 0

! 2

! 2

! 6

References

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External links

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Category:1960 births

Category:Adirondack Red Wings players

Category:Buffalo Sabres players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Canadian ice hockey centres

Category:Diables Noirs de Tours players

Category:Fredericton Express players

Category:HC Fribourg-Gottéron players

Category:Living people

Category:People from L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève

Category:Quebec Nordiques players

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:Rochester Americans players

Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal

Category:Trois-Rivières Draveurs players

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players

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