14 Facts About Serge Savard

Serge Savard is the Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations with the Montreal Canadiens.

Serge Savard played minor league hockey with the Montreal Junior Canadiens, then with the Omaha Knights.

In fifteen seasons with the Canadiens, Serge Savard played on eight Stanley Cup championship teams: 1968,1969,1971,1973,1976,1977,1978, and 1979.

Serge Savard played the last two seasons of his career with the Winnipeg Jets before retiring in 1983.

Serge Savard was the second last player of the Original Six era, as Wayne Cashman and his Boston Bruins advanced to the next round of the playoffs, while Winnipeg did not.

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However, Serge did say that it was Doug Harvey, a Montreal defenseman whom Savard idolized, who inspired him to mimic the move Harvey had started.

Serge Savard played for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.

Serge Savard did not play in the opening loss at the Forum in Montreal but was in the starting lineup for games 2 and 3 in Toronto and Winnipeg.

Serge Savard suffered a hairline fracture in his leg which forced him to sit out Canada's losses in games 4 and 5.

Serge Savard returned to the lineup for games 6,7, and 8, all wins for Canada.

Serge Savard is currently the chairman of the annual Canada Day festivities in Montreal.

In September 2004, Serge Savard was arrested in Montreal under suspicion of drunk driving.

Serge Savard pleaded not guilty in November 2004, but would later plead guilty in May 2006.

Serge Savard was part owner in a resort called El Senador located in Cayo Coco, Cuba until it was sold in 2005.