Philippe Sauvé (born February 27, 1980) is an American former professional

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goaltender who last played with the Hamburg Freezers of the

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. Sauvé played in the

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for the

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Phoenix Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are an inactive professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division (1996–1998, 2021–2024) and ...

and the

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Playing career

As a youth, Sauvé played in the 1993 and 1994

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s with a

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team from the Mille-Îles neighbourhood of

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. Sauvé was drafted in round 2, 38th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, where he would serve as the

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and play in 17 games for the Avalanche before being traded on August 8, 2005, to the Calgary Flames for a conditional 7th-round draft pick. In the 2005–06 season, after a 7–4 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche, he had a fight with former teammate

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on January 24, 2006. On February 1, 2006, he was traded to the

with

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for

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and Mike Leclerc. After playing only 5 games with the Coyotes, Sauvé was then traded to the

for Tyler Redenbach on November 14, 2006. Sauvé played just 2 games with the Boston Bruins before being demoted to the

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(AHL). The following year for the 2007–08 season, he signed a contract with the

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of the AHL before leaving for the

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on January 21, 2008. He portrayed Boston Bruins goaltender

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in the 2005 Quebec film '' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'' based on the life on

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. The famous handshake photo of Richard and Henry was recreated in the film with Sauvé as Henry and

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as Richard.

Family

He is the son of former NHL goaltender Bob Sauvé. He is also the nephew of

Jean-François Sauvé Jean-François Sauvé (; 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. A ...

and the cousin of Jean-Francois' son,

Maxime Sauvé Maxime Sauvé (born January 30, 1990) is a France, French-born Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and played one game in the ...

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauve, Philippe 1980 births American men's ice hockey goaltenders American people of French-Canadian descent Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Boston Bruins players Calgary Flames players Colorado Avalanche draft picks Colorado Avalanche players Drummondville Voltigeurs players Hamburg Freezers players Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players Hershey Bears players Hull Olympiques players Ice hockey people from Buffalo, New York Ice hockey people from Lanaudière Iowa Stars players Living people Mississippi Sea Wolves players People from Joliette Phoenix Coyotes players Providence Bruins players Rimouski Océanic players San Antonio Rampage players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany