As a youth, Sauvé played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North Shore.\n', '

After a successful junior career with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League\'s Laval National, Sauvé was drafted by the NHL\'s Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (17th overall) in 1975 NHL Entry Draft. The World Hockey Association\'s Cincinnati Stingers also selected Sauvé in round 2 (16th overall) in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, but his ambition was to play in the NHL. The Sabres selected three goaltenders in the 1975 draft, with Sauvé and Don Edwards being the most notable. Sauvé played four games for the Sabres during the 1976–77 season but spent the majority of the year with the AHL\'s Rhode Island Reds, while Edwards was initially the more successful of the two and was the first to stick with the big club in Buffalo. The next season saw Sauvé split time with the Hershey Bears and the Sabres as Edwards\' backup.\n', '

As the 1978–79 season began, Sauvé entered training camp determined to make the NHL for good. Unfortunately, he suffered a broken finger and began the season in Hershey. After Edwards later suffered a sprained ankle, Sauvé was called up to Buffalo, this time to stay. The goaltending duo of Sauvé and Edwards had an immediate impact on the Sabres. Sauvé led the league in goals against average for the 1979–80 season and was co-recipient of the Vezina Trophy with Edwards in the same season.\n', '

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