Joe Sakic

Joe Sakic Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • He won the M.A.C. (Most Assists with Children) Award winner in 1998. []
  • He was the CHL Player of the Year in 1988. []
  • He won the WHL Bobby Clarke Trophy in 1988. []
  • He made the WHL East First All-Star Team in 1988. []
  • He won the WHL Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy in 1987. []
  • He made the WHL East Second All-Star Team in 1987. []
  • He became only the 16th player in NHL history to reach 900 assists on March 12, 2006. []
  • He played his 1000th game on March 9, 2002. []
  • He recorded his 1000th point on December 27, 1999. []
  • He scored his 500th goal on December 11, 2002 []
  • Sakic has the 2nd highest single, playoff goal total with 18 goals in 1996. []
  • Sakic is the 11th all-time NHL point scorers. []
  • Sakic holds the Colorado Avalanche franchise record for 574 goals, 915 assists and 1489 points. []
  • In 2001, he won the Hart Memorial Trophy, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award. []
  • Sakic won the Conn Smythe Trophy in the 1996 playoffs. []
  • Sakic scored 100 points in the NHL for the first time in the 1989-90 season. []
  • Sakic became the captain for the Quebec Nordiques in 1990. []
  • Joe was the WHL Player of the Year and Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year in the 1987-88 season, scoring 78 goals and 82 assists. []
  • Joe was Rookie of the Year for the Swift Current Broncos of the WHL in the 1986-87 season, scoring 60 goals and 73 assists. []
  • Joe was an alternate captain for the 2002 Olympic games for Team Canada. []
  • Joe is the fourth player to captain his team to a Stanley Cup championship and win the Hart Memorial Trophy in the same year. The others are Bobby Clarke, Wayne Gretzky, and Mark Messier. []
  • He has won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001 with the Colorado Avalanche. []
  • Joe has been the captain of the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche since the 1992-93 season. []
  • Joe was drafted in the 1st round (15th overall) in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. []
  • There is a street in Burnaby called Joe Sakic Way in honour of Joe Sakic. []
  • Joe's high school was called Burnaby North Secondary School. []
  • Joe's childhood hockey idol is Wayne Gretzky. []
  • Joe's brother, Brian, played center for the Flint Generals in the United Hockey League. []
  • Sakic didn't start speaking english until he was in kindergarden. []
  • His mother Slavica is from Lika, a mountainous region in central Croatia. []
  • Joe's father, Marijan, is from Imotski. []
  • Gave up his #19 in the 2006 Olympics in respect to Steve Yzerman, who chose not to play. He wore #91 instead. []
  • He was captain of Team Canada in 2006 Winter Olympics. []

Quotes

  • Sakic: This is where he belongs. He assembled the team. When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky. This is where he should be. []
  • Sakic: When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky. []
  • Sakic: The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. []
  • Sakic (On arriving in Italy to play in the Olympics): Today was just to get moving out there, get a little bit of a sweat, get rid a bit of the jet lag. We tried not to sleep today, we're trying to get adjusted as quickly as possible. []
  • Sakic (On wearing the Canadian jersey at the Olympics): When I put the sweater on and see it ... it's hard to explain, really. It's something to be proud of and hopefully we'll succeed. []
  • Sakic: It was great, because there had been so much pressure on us to win. It's something you'll always remember, getting the medals and hearing the anthem. []
  • Sakic: He's put this team together and we're excited he's coming and that he'll be a part of that. I know people are trying to bring up, 'What's going on with Wayne?' ... It's not an issue. []
  • Sakic: We've just got to keep building. We've got a good group of guys and we like our team, but everything is going to depend on the ending. []
  • Sakic (On Guy Lafleur): It means a lot because as a kid you watched him in Montreal, doing his magic. I was fortunate to room with him on the road for the first couple of years I was in Quebec. []
  • Sakic: It's a great honor, a privilege, and I'm looking forward to it. But to me it's not any extra pressure or anything. We're there to try and win a gold together. []
  • Sakic: We're here in Turin to win Gold. []
  • Joe (On Patrick Roy): When you think of Canadian hockey, he was the greatest ever to play the game. When he talks, everybody listens. He has that much knowledge and respect, and whatever he has to say is important. It's not that we can't win without him, but we feel that much stronger with him. []
  • Sakic: I was surprised. I didn't see that coming. We're going to miss him. It was just a great treat every time you played Pittsburgh and watched Mario play. We're going to miss him as a player, but I'm sure he's going to be around the game. []
  • Sakic (On Jose Theodore): He's been back a couple of times for visits since he left, but he was so pumped coming over on the charter. He's so excited. It's great to see. []
  • Sakic: To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold. []
  • Sakic: We took a penalty, and that's it. I thought we should have had more than one point, but the guys worked hard. If we keep working like this, we're going to get our points. []
  • Joe: Here in Denver, we want to thank Jeremy Jacobs for the way he runs his business. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten Ray Bourque and won a Stanley Cup. Other than that, I don't pay much attention to what he has to say. []

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