The group also includes Lane Lambert as associate coach, Mike Van Ryn as assistant coach, Curtis Sanford as goaltending coach, and video coaches Jordan Bean and Sam Kim.
As a player, Savard played 807 regular season games and 25 playoff games in the NHL with multiple teams, amassing 706 points (207 goals, 499 assists). He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the fourth round of the 1995 NHL Draft.