Cika wannan jumla: Dan uwan tsoffin 'yan wasan NHL Larry, Wayne da Floyd Hillman. Savage an fara kirkirar shi ne a
1991 a zagaye na takwas, na 171 na gaba ɗaya daga Montreal Canadiens. Bayan kammala karatunsa na wasan hockey na kwaleji a Jami'ar Miami, ya fara sana'arsa tare da Fredericton Canadiens na AHL a 1993. Gwanin sa na farko na National Hockey League ya zo ne a ƙarshen ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1993-94, yana wasa a cikin wasanni 3 na yau da kullun da wasanni 3 na wasan kwaikwayo.