Philippe Sauve

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Buffalo, New York, February 27, 1980.
HOME:
HEIGHT: 6'0".
WEIGHT: 175 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Colorado, Hershey 2003-04, Providence), 30 (Hershey 2000-03, Calgary, San Antonio, Iowa), 35 (Phoenix, Boston), 1 (Hamilton).
CATCHES: Left
STYLE:
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Finished last year in Rimouski, started 1999-2000 in Drummondville, then was dealt to Hull." (The Hockey News Future Watch 2000)

"Had nervous beginning as a rookie pro after development flattened out in fourth junior year." (Jim Benton, The Hockey News Future Watch 2001)

"Had a solid rookie season in the AHL. Needs to continue to become more consistent and work on his mental game. Could be a future backup for Aebischer if Roy retires in the next few years." (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 178)

"He plays with high energy and makes solid second efforts for loose pucks." (Jim Benton, The Hockey News Future Watch 2002)

"Sauve had another strong year in Hershey but his role in the organization is in doubt with Roy and Aebischer holding down the fort in Colorado, and Budaj hanging around as a top prospect. He could be an NHL backup but it might not happen with Colorado." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 172)

"The son of former NHL backstop Bob Sauve is proving to be a chip off the old block. Sauve is in the middle of an outstanding season with the Hershey Bears and was chosen to play in the AHL All-Star Game. Bears' coach Mike Foligno says he has been the team's best player. When Patrick Roy retires, Sauve should get his chance to stick for good with the Avalanche. That could come as soon as next season." (Adrian Dater, The Hockey News Future Watch 2003, p. 24)

"The Flames hope they struck gold by acquiring Sauve in similar fashion as the 2003 acquisition of Miikka Kiprusoff. However, Sauve struggled as an NHL rookie in 2003-04 and was considered expendable in Colorado because of the emergence of Peter Budaj. Sauve should be plenty motivated to prove the Avalanche wrong." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 104)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Colorado Avalanche in second round (sixth Avalanche pick, 38th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 27, 1998.
Signed to two-year contract by Colorado, June 27, 2003.
Signed by Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL), January 27, 2005.
Traded by Avalanche to Calgary Flames for conditional 2006 draft selection, August 9, 2005.
Traded by Flames (with C Steve Reinprecht) to Phoenix Coyotes for G Brian Boucher and LW Mike LeClerc, February 1, 2006.
Placed on waivers by Coyotes, March 8, 2006.
Re-signed as restricted free agent to one-year contract by Coyotes, July 16, 2006.
Traded by Coyotes to Boston Bruins in exchange for C Tyler Redenbach, November 14, 2006.
Signed as free agent (one year) with Iowa Stars (AHL), August 29, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

Winner, Canadian Hockey League Humanitarian Award, 1998-99.
Named American Hockey League Player of the Week, February 4, 2002.
Named American Hockey League Player of the Week, December 16, 2002.
Named Most Valuable Player, NHL YoungStars Game, February 7, 2004.

INJURIES:

FIRSTS:

Phil made his National Hockey League debut on October 18, 2003, at Edmonton's Skyreach Center as his Avalanche faced off against the Oilers. In a penalty-filled contest, Sauve made nineteen saves as Colorado lost, 6-3 (with the final goal being scored into an empty net).
On November 6, 2003, Phil earned his first National Hockey League victory. After relieving #1 goaltender David Aebischer two two nights earlier, Phil was given the start against Phoenix by Colorado coach Tony Granato. Phil stopped twenty-seven of twenty-eight Coyotes shots as the Avalanche won, 2-1. "It feels real good," Sauve said. "After those first two starts, it was a real weight lifted off my shoulders."

PENALTY SHOTS:

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

November 21, 2005 - defeated Colorado, 1-0 (Joe Sakic save, Milan Hejduk save, Alex Tanguay save).
2005-06 season to date: 1 win, 0 losses, 3 saves on 3 chances.

DID YOU KNOW?

On March 21, 2004, Phil fought with Wilkes-Barre's Andy Chiodo.
On January 24, 2006, Phil was ejected for fighting with Colorado's David Aebischer.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
96-97 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL      26   1332  11   9   2         84   3.78                    0   0   0    22
97-98 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL      40   2326  23  16   0        131   3.38    1298   .899     1   0   2    21
98-99 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL      44   2401  16  19   4        155   3.87    1431   .892     0   0   1    13
99-00 Drummondville Voltig. QMJHL 28   1526  12  12   2        106   4.17     888   .864     0
      Hull Olympiques QMJHL       17    992   9   7   1         57   3.45     646   .903     0
00-01 Hershey Bears AHL           42   2182  17  18   1        100   2.75    1163   .914     1   0   1    17
01-02 Hershey Bears AHL           55   3130  25  20   6        111   2.13    1537   .928     6   0   0    34
02-03 Hershey Bears AHL           60   3394  26  20  12        134   2.37    1617   .917     5   0   3     8
03-04 Colorado Avalanche NHL      17    986   7   7   3         50   3.04     479   .896     0   0   0     2
      Hershey Bears AHL           10    578   3   7   0         25   2.59     277   .910     2   0   0     4
04-05 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 21   1297  13   4   4         56   2.59     724   .923     2   0   1     4
05-06 Calgary Flames NHL           8    402   3   3       0     22   3.28     202   .891     0   0   0    21
      Phoenix Coyotes NHL          5    187   0   4       0     17   5.45     128   .867     0   0   0     0
06-07 San Antonio Rampage AHL     10    536   4   5       0     34   3.80     291   .883     0   0   0     0
      Providence Bruins AHL       23   1292  10  11       1     61   2.83     553   .890     1   0   0     2
      Boston Bruins NHL            2     41   0   0       0      4   5.85      23   .826     0   0   0     0
      Hamilton Bulldogs AHL        6    325   2   3       0     13   2.40     154   .916     1   0   1     0
THREE (3) NHL SEASONS             32   1616  10  14   3   0     93   3.45     832  0.888     0   0   0    23

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
96-97 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL       1     14   0   0    3  12.86                    0
97-98 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL       7    262   0   5   33   7.56                    0
98-99 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL      11    595   6   4   30   3.03                    1   0   0     4
99-00 Hull Olympiques QMJHL       12    735   6   6   47   3.84                    0
00-01 Hershey Bears AHL            3    218   0   3   10   2.75                    0   0   0     2
01-02 Hershey Bears AHL            8    486   3   5   21   2.59     248   .915     0   0   0     6
02-03 Hershey Bears AHL            5    295   2   3   14   2.85     162   .914     0   0   0     0
04-05 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL  4    227   1   3   16   4.22     167   .904     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Colorado Avalanche in 1998 National Hockey League entry draft.
10/18/03: L (59m09s, 19/24) 3-6 defeat at Edmonton (Salo).
10/26/03: L (59m10s, 18/20) 1-3 defeat vs. Buffalo (Biron).
11/04/03: T (25m, 10/10) 4-4 OT tie vs. Minnesota (Fernandez) [Replaced Aebischer].
11/06/03: W (59m49s, 27/28) 2-1 victory vs. Phoenix (Burke).
11/13/03: L (61m50s, 22/25) 2-3 OT defeat at Phoenix (Burke).
11/24/03: L (57m41s, 20/23) 2-3 defeat vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
12/06/03: W (59m58s, 35/36) 5-1 victory vs. Columbus (Denis).
12/20/03: T (64m46s, 34/37) 3-3 OT tie at Los Angeles (Cechmanek, Huet).
12/27/03: W (61m34s, 20/22) 3-2 OT victory vs. Philadelphia (Hackett).
01/04/04: W (60m, 25/26) 3-1 victory vs. Minnesota (Fernandez).
01/11/04: W (63m42s, 30/34) 5-4 OT victory at Chicago (Leighton).
01/21/04: W (59m49s, 24/29) 6-5 victory at Florida (Luongo, Shields).
01/24/04: W (60m, 25/28) 5-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
02/10/04: T (65m, 35/36) 1-1 OT tie vs. NY Islanders (DiPietro).
02/18/04: L (45m32s, 20/24) 1-5 defeat vs. Edmonton (Salo) [Replaced by Aebischer, replaced Aebischer].
02/28/04: L (63m24s, 39/44) 4-5 OT defeat at Columbus (Denis).
03/07/04: L (60m, 26/33) 1-7 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
Traded by Colorado to Calgary Flames.
10/09/05: - (20m, 3/4) 3-6 defeat at Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Kiprusoff].
10/27/05: L (59m15s, 31/34) 2-3 defeat at Phoenix (Joseph).
11/10/05: W (59m54s, 20/23) 4-3 victory at Phoenix (Joseph).
11/18/05: - (20m. 6/7) 2-5 defeat vs. Chicago (Khabibulin) [Replaced Kiprusoff].
11/21/05: W (64m51s, 33/35) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) at Colorado (Budaj).
12/07/05: W (60m, 31/32) 4-1 victory at New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/27/05: L (59m12s, 36/40) 3-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
01/24/06: L (59m11s, 20/27) 4-7 defeat at Colorado (Aebischer, Budaj) [Replaced by Kiprusoff].
Traded by Calgary to Phoenix Coyotes.
02/04/06: L (20m, 12/14) 4-6 defeat vs. Minnesota (Fernandez) [Replaced Joseph].
03/04/06: - (19m48s, 7/7) 3-7 defeat vs. Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Joseph].
03/12/06: L (58m17s, 40/44) 2-5 defeat at Anaheim (Bryzgalov).
04/05/06: L (59m52s, 32/37) 2-5 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
04/11/06: L (28m53s, 20/26) 4-6 defeat at Colorado (Theodore) [Replaced by LeNeveu].
Traded by Phoenix to Boston Bruins.
11/22/06: - (29m16s, 13/15) 1-5 defeat vs. Carolina (Grahame) [Replaced Thomas].
01/04/07: - (12m06s, 6/8) 2-10 defeat vs. Toronto (Raycroft) [Replaced Thomas].

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Hershey Bears, March 2004.
03/13/04: W (60m, 37/37) 2-0 victory vs. Norfolk (Anderson).
03/14/04: L (58m50s, 20/25) 4-5 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo, Boucher, Chiodo).
03/17/04: L (40m, 18/22) 2-4 defeat vs. Hartford (LaBarbera) [Replaced by Budaj].
03/21/04: W (60m, 21/21) 5-0 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
03/26/04: L (58m05s, 25/29) 2-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Chiodo).
03/27/04: L (60m, 30/33) 0-3 defeat vs. Manchester (Hauser).
04/02/04: L (59m41s, 18/21) 1-4 defeat at Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
04/03/04: L (59m22s, 28/31) 2-3 defeat at Bridgeport (Kochan).
04/10/04: W (60m, 33/34) 3-1 victory vs. Norfolk (Leighton).
04/11/04: L (62m24s, 22/24) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
Assigned to San Antonio Rampage, October 2006.
10/13/06: L (58m32s, 34/37) 1-3 defeat at Peoria (Schwarz).
10/15/06: W (64m52s, 28/32) 5-4 SO victory (4/5) vs. Houston (Harding).
10/18/06: L (40m, 29/34) 1-6 defeat vs. Chicago (Brathwaite) [Replaced by LeNeveu].
10/21/06: L (57m34s, 25/29) 3-4 defeat at Omaha (McElhinney).
10/26/06: L (56m47s, 25/28) 1-3 defeat vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
10/28/06: W (60m, 22/25) 5-3 victory vs. Hamilton (Danis).
11/04/06: W (60m, 20/23) 4-3 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
11/08/06: W (59m42s, 35/38) 6-3 victory at Manchester (LaBarbera).
11/10/06: L (58m50s, 31/36) 3-5 defeat at Worcester (Greiss).
11/11/06: - (19m57s, 8/9) 3-9 defeat at Hartford (Valiquette) [Replaced Morrison].
Traded from Phoenix to Boston; assigned to Providence Bruins, November 2006.
11/17/06: L (59m00s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat vs. Portland (Leighton).
11/18/06: W (60m, 24/29) 6-5 victory at Worcester (Schaefer).
12/02/06: SOL (65m, 29/31) 2-3 SO defeat (5/8) at Springfield (Boutin).
12/08/06: W (60m, 14/17) 6-3 victory vs. Portland (Marsters, Grumet-Morris).
12/15/06: L (59m16s, 19/22) 2-4 defeat vs. Lowell (Doyle).
12/16/06: L (57m09s, 15/18) 2-5 defeat vs. Albany (Peters) [Replaced Sigalet].
12/17/06: L (58m56s, 20/23) 2-3 defaet at Lowell (Parise).
12/22/06: L (59m17s, 22/26) 3-5 defeat at Portland (Grumet-Morris).
12/23/06: W (57m30s, 25/26) 3-1 victory at Hartford (Valiquette) [Replaced Sigalet].
12/27/06: L (59m51s, 32/37) 3-6 defeat at Norfolk (Crawford).
12/29/06: W (38m12s, 9/11) 4-3 SO victory (4/6) at Philadelphia (Houle) [Replaced Finley].
12/30/06: L (59m23s, 20/25) 4-5 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Penner).
12/31/06: L (40m, 11/15) 2-5 defeat at Hershey (Machesney) [Replaced by Brown].
01/13/07: W (60m, 23/24) 8-1 victory at Binghamton (Guard, Glass).
01/21/07: W (60m, 21/23) 3-2 victory vs. Portland (Grumet-Morris).
01/26/07: W (60m, 29/31) 6-2 victory at Portland (Wall).
01/27/07: - (20m, 14/16) 5-2 victory at Worcester (Greiss) [Replaced Sigalet].
02/02/07: W (60m, 23/24) 6-1 victory vs. Portland (Grumet-Morris).
02/04/07: L (60m, 26/31) 3-5 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Thompson).
02/11/07: W (60m25s, 13/15) 3-2 OT victory vs. Lowell (Doyle).
02/17/07: L (59m15s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat at Hartford (Montoya).
02/23/07: L (59m04s, 27/28) 0-1 defeat at Manchester (LaBarbera).
02/25/07: W (60m, 24/24) 4-0 victory vs. Springfield (Boutin).
Reassigned to Hamilton Bulldogs, March 2007.
03/03/07: W (60m, 26/29) 6-3 victory at Chicago (Brathwaite, Garnett).
03/10/07: W (59m51s, 31/31) 1-0 victory at Toronto (Pogge).
03/11/07: OTL (63m23s, 27/29) 1-2 OT defeat at Toronto (Pogge).
03/21/07: L (59m33s, 24/28) 3-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Dennis).
04/01/07: L (41m50s, 22/25) 1-4 defeat vs. Toronto (Pogge) [Replaced byDanis].
04/05/07: - (40m, 11/12) 1-5 defeat vs. Syracuse (Martin) [Replaced Danis].
Signed as free agent with Iowa Stars, August 29, 2007.
10/06/07: L (49m, 29/34) 1-7 defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman) [Replaced by Stephan].
10/12/07: OTW (63m43s, 20/23) 4-3 OT victory vs. Houston (Brust).
10/13/07: - (29m58s, 12/14) 3-7 defeat vs. Rockford (Flaherty) [Replaced Silverthorn].
10/16/07: W (60m, 37/39) 4-2 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman).
10/17/07: W (47m37s, 17/19) 6-2 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman) [Replaced Stephan].
11/10/07: W (60m, 20/21) 3-1 victory vs. San Antonio (Aebischer).
11/17/07: L (60m, 33/39) 0-6 defeat vs. Quad City (McElhinney).
11/24/07: L (14m28s, 5/8) 1-4 defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard) [Replaced by Stephan].
12/08/07: OTW (62m23s, 19/21) 3-2 OT victory at San Antonio (Tordjman).
12/15/07: L (22m36s, 5/9) 2-10 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec) [Replaced by Stephan].
12/28/07: - (29m43s, 8/12) 3-8 defeat vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu) [Replaced Stephan].
01/06/08: L (59m53s, 25/30) 0-5 defeat at Houston (Schaefer).

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