MONTREAL - The hockey community is mourning the loss of Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden.

Former teammate Serge Savard recalled the six-foot-four goaltender's entry into the league in 1971 as a 23-year-old rookie straight out of Cornell University and into the storied Montreal Canadiens dressing room.

Savard recalled that Dryden would come to the dressing room with books under his arm and would attend McGill University post-practise.

Savard noted in an interview that many of his battle-hardened teammates would come to realize that Dryden was just ahead of his time.

Dryden won six Stanley Cups, five Vezina trophies as the league's top goaltender and quickly became a beloved figure in his adopted hometown of Montreal, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.

Dryden would g

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