Returning home to Sudbury to support Easter Seals kids, hometown left winger Brian Savage attended Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School in Sudbury as a teenager. He was a proficient golfer and track athlete. He played one season with the Sudbury Cubs of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League before jumping to college.
The nephew of former NHL players Larry, Wayne and Floyd Hillman, Savage played 12 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. Savage was drafted in 1991 in the 8th round, 171st overall by the Montreal Canadiens.
Savage was the first Montreal Canadien since Joe Malone in 1917 to record six points in a road game when he had four goals and two assists against the Islanders on April 8, 1999. He also recorded the Canadiens’ first hat trick in Bell Centre history on October 7, 1996.
