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Reggie Savage

Reggie Savage

Canadian ice hockey player (1970–2023)


Réginald David Savage (May 1, 1970 – December 24, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.

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Biography

As a youth, Savage played in the 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Hubert, Quebec.[1]

Savage represented Canada at the 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Drafted in 1988 by the Capitals, Savage also later played for the Quebec Nordiques.[2]

Savage is notable as one of only five NHL players to score his first career goal on a penalty shot.[3]

After retiring from hockey, Savage worked in California for Marriott Hotels & Resorts in security.[4][5]

Personal life and death

Born in Canada, Savage was of Jamaican descent.[6]

Savage died on December 24, 2023, at the age of 53 from cancer.[7][8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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International

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References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). PublicationSports. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  2. "Reginald Savage". NHL. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  3. Matheson, Jim (March 31, 2015). "Oilers' farmhand Miller joins an exclusive penalty shot club". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  4. Brien, David (February 28, 2022). "Magical years and tragic moments for Reginald Savage". Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. Canadian Hockey League. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  5. Leblanc, Éric (February 17, 2015). "Réginald Savage a ouvert des portes dans la LHJMQ" [Réginald Savage opened doors in the QMJHL]. Réseau des sports (in French). Montreal, Quebec. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  6. "The History of Black Washington Capitals". Capitals Outsider. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  7. "L'ancien des Nordiques Réginald Savage est décédé" [Former Nordiques player Réginald Savage has died]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Agence QMI. December 28, 2023. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  8. Douglas, William (December 29, 2023). "Savage, former NHL forward for Capitals, Nordiques, dies at 53". NHL. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
Preceded by Washington Capitals first round draft pick
1988
Succeeded by



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