Calgary, Alta. – The Calgary Flames announced today the hiring of assistant coach Marc Savard, who spent the past two seasons as head coach of the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires.
Savard played over 800 NHL games over the course of 13 seasons, including 221 games as a member of the Flames from 1999-2003. After being drafted by the New York Rangers in the fourth-round of the 1995 NHL Draft, Savard scored 207 goals and added 499 assists for 706 points with the New York Rangers, Flames, Atlanta Thrashers and the Boston Bruins where he ended his career in 2011 as a member of the Stanley Cup Champions.
Savard started his coaching career with the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach in 2019-20 and improved the Blues power play to third overall in the NHL with an efficiency of 24.3%. He took over as head coach with the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL for the last two seasons accumulating 88 wins (.695 winning percentage) and making the OHL Finals in 2022. Both years the Spitfires power play improved under Savard and was ranked third (26.1%) and second (25.9%) respectively.
“I know how competitive Marc is from when we played together over three seasons here in Calgary,” stated Conroy. “Savy has a great offensive mind which will help boost our power-play and help drive our offensive game. He’s style was very well known as a player, and he sees the game the same way as a coach.”
The Flames coaching staff is now complete with Ryan Huska at the helm, Dan Lambert, Marc Savard and Cail MacLean as assistant coaches, goalie coach Jason LaBarbera and video coach Jamie Pringle.
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