Joe Sakic

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2012
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2017
Joe Sakic
Date of birth 7th July 1969
place of birth Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada
Nickname Burnaby Joe, Super Joe, Quoteless Joe
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 19
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 1st lap, 15th position
Québec Nordiques
Career stations
1985-1986 Burnaby BC Selects
1986 Lethbridge Broncos
1986-1988 Swift Current Broncos
1988-1995 Québec Nordiques
1995-2009 Colorado Avalanche

Joseph Steven "Joe" Sakic ([ sækɨk ]; born July 7, 1969 in Burnaby , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current ice hockey official. During his playing career from 1988 to 2009 he played more than 1500 games for the Québec Nordiques and their successor franchise , the Colorado Avalanche , on the position of the center . In his 20 season career in the National Hockey League (NHL) he won the Stanley Cup twice with the Avalanche and the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2001 as the most valuable player in the NHL . On an international level, he won the gold medal with the Canadian national team at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1994 and the Olympic Winter Games in 2002, and was thus accepted into the Triple Gold Club in 2002.

Sakic was in 1992 for Captain appointed the Nordiques and held this office until his career end in 2009 held in Colorado. At the end of his career, he was eighth on the list of the most successful scorers in NHL history. His home club Colorado Avalanche is honoring the player with the fact that his shirt number 19 has not been awarded since he retired from active sport. Two years after his resignation, he accepted a position on the Avalanche board in April 2011 and has been its general manager since 2014. In November 2012, Joe Sakic was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame before also being elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017 .

Career

Early Years (1969–1988)

Joe Sakic was born to Croatian immigrants in Burnaby, Canada. Since Croatian was predominantly spoken at home , the Canadian only learned to speak English when he entered kindergarten . At the age of four, Joe Sakic first attended a National Hockey League game . After the local Vancouver Canucks game against the Atlanta Flames , the young Sakic decided to become a hockey player.

Sakic played in 80 games for the Burnaby BC Selects in the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association in 1985/86 . The center scored 83 goals and a total of 156 points . Then took the Lethbridge Broncos Sakic under contract. With the Broncos, the Canadian made his first three appearances in the Western Hockey League (WHL) late in the season in 1986 . The franchise moved to Swift Current during the following season and was henceforth called Swift Current Broncos . Joe Sakic received in the WHL season 1986/87 together with Dennis Holland the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as WHL rookie of the year. During the season, a major accident occurred for the team on December 30, 1986: When the Broncos were on their way to a league game against the Regina Pats , the driver lost control of the team bus on a slippery road, causing the bus to crash down an embankment. Four Swift Current Broncos players lost their lives in the accident. Sakic was hit by broken glass and was uninjured in the accident. However, the player refused to talk about the accident in detail throughout his career. The annual award for the best player in the WHL has been named the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy since the 1994/95 season in memory of the four who died .

In 1987, Joe Sakic was selected in the first round at a total of 15th position by the Québec Nordiques in the NHL Entry Draft , an annual event in which teams of the National Hockey League can secure the rights to promising young players . However, the center completed another season in the WHL at its own request to prepare for the NHL. Sakic increased his points and was named at the end of the 1987/88 season as the most valuable player in the WHL and named Player of the Year in the Canadian Hockey League . That season he played on a team with his younger brother Brian .

Québec Nordiques (1988–1995)

On October 6, 1988 Joe Sakic made his debut in a game between the Nordiques and the Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League . In this game he made one assist . He scored his first goal two days later against goalkeeper Sean Burke of the New Jersey Devils . In his rookie season, Sakic wore the shirt number 88 instead of his favorite 19, which he had wore since childhood. Due to good performance at the beginning of the 1988/89 NHL season , Sakic was considered a candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the best new professional. Because of an ankle injury in December 1988, he dropped out for ten games and could not keep his points quota after his return to the team. He finished his first season in the NHL with 62 points from 70 games. The Calder Memorial Trophy went to defender Brian Leetch that year .

At the beginning of the 1989/90 season , Sakic changed his shirt number to 19, as its previous wearer Alain Côté ended his career. In his second season, Joe Sakic scored more than 100 points scorer for the first time . He repeated this success in the following season . He was also named team captain of the Québec Nordiques that season . He shared the office with Steven Finn - Sakic was the captain of home games, Finn of away games. Despite Sakic's good performances, the Nordiques remained one of the worst teams in the league. During the first four years with Sakic in the team, the team always finished last in the Adams Division and from 1989 to 1991 three times in a row the last place in the entire league.

With the beginning of the 1992/93 season , Joe Sakic became sole captain of the Nordiques. Under his leadership, Québec reached the play-offs for the first time since 1987 this season . At the same time, internal team records were set for the most wins and table points in a season. Joe Sakic scored more than 100 points in the regular season for the third time in five years . The Nordiques were eliminated in the first round of the play-offs in the best-of-seven series after six games against the Montréal Canadiens . The team missed the play-offs again in 1994 . Before the start of the 1994/95 season , which was shortened due to a lockout , the Nordiques were transferred to the Northeast Division . In this season they won a division title for the first time since 1986 . The end in the play-offs followed again in the first round, this time against the New York Rangers .

Colorado Avalanche (1995-2009)

Stanley Cup successes

Sakic during a pre-season game (1997).

In May 1995, the Québec Nordiques announced the sale of the team to another owner. At the beginning of the 1995/96 season , the franchise moved to Denver in the US state of Colorado and was henceforth called Colorado Avalanche . In his first year in Denver, Sakic completed his most successful season with 120 points. Colorado finished second in the Western Conference behind the Detroit Red Wings at the end of the preliminary round . In the subsequent play-offs, the Avalanche won the Conference quarter-finals against Vancouver , the Conference semi-finals against Chicago and the Conference final against Detroit with 4-2 games. In the Stanley Cup final, Colorado played against the winning team of the Eastern Conference , Florida Panthers . The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Miami team with a 4-0 sweep and won their first Stanley Cup . Joe Sakic played all 22 play-off games in Colorado, scoring 18 goals and 16 assists . Following the fourth game in Florida, the Canadian received the Conn Smythe Trophy , which is awarded annually to the most valuable player in the play-offs.

In the 1996/97 season , the center played only 65 of 82 possible games due to a calf injury. The franchise won a division title for the third year in a row and for the first time ever won the Presidents' Trophy as the team with the highest points in the regular season. In the subsequent play-offs, the Avalanche failed in the final of the Western Conference to the Detroit Red Wings. Sakic's contract expired at the end of the season and was not extended early. In the summer of 1997, the Canadian signed an offer sheet as a restricted free agent , a kind of contract offer. The offered contract came from the New York Rangers , had a term of three years and awarded Sakic an annual fixed salary of $ 7 million. Due to the commitment to the current club as a Restricted Free Agent specified in the NHL regulations, the Colorado Avalanche had a week to make an equivalent offer to keep the player in the team, which they did. The large pay increase for her captain - from previously $ 3.1 million per season to $ 7 million - paved the way for many more salary increases in the NHL.

During the 1999/2000 NHL season , Joe Sakic reached several personal milestones. On December 27, 1999, the striker gave an assist in a game against the St. Louis Blues , which was also his 1000th point in the National Hockey League. Less than three months later, he scored a hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes , with which he reached the personal mark of 400 NHL goals. These three goals also screwed his number of points to 1049, which he overtook Peter Šťastný as the most successful scorer in the Québec / Colorado franchise.

The 2000/01 season was extremely successful for Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche. The center ended the regular season with 118 points and set a personal record with 54 goals scored. Colorado was the best team in the NHL with 118 points at the end of the regular season and received the second Presidents' Trophy . In the play-offs, the Avalanche defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the conference quarter -finals, the Los Angeles Kings in the conference semifinals and the St. Louis Blues in the conference final . In the Stanley Cup final, Colorado won the best-of-seven series against the New Jersey Devils with 4-3 games. Sakic played 21 play-offs and scored 26 points, more than any other player. Following this season, the Canadian received the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award for the most valuable player of the regular season, as well as the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the fairest player with a high sporting standard. After the season, the Canadian signed a new five-year deal valued at $ 50.5 million, making him one of the highest-paid players in the league.

On March 9, 2002, Joe Sakic completed his 1,000th NHL game. In the same season , the Avalanche again reached the Western Conference finals and was defeated by long-time rival and eventual Stanley Cup winner Detroit Red Wings . In the following season , the attacker missed his team for 24 games due to injuries, and a year later he was the third-best scorer in the NHL with 87 points. Colorado missed the division title for the first time since 1995, but the nine consecutive titles they have won are still a record in the NHL.

After the lockout

Sakic warming up before a game (2007).
Sakic (r.) Next to Paul Stastny (2008). When Sakic came to the NHL, he was promoted by Peter Šťastný , Paul's father. When Paul joined the team in 2006, Sakic took on that role for Paul.

After the lockout in the NHL season 2004/05 Colorado was forced to give more players to under the newly introduced salary cap ( salary cap to stay). Long-time top performers Peter Forsberg and defender Adam Foote had to leave the team; Sakic, as well as Rob Blake and other stars, could be held. Despite the losses, the Avalanche reached the Western Conference semifinals, where the team lost to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . Following the season, Joe Sakic, now 36 years old, signed a one-year contract for the 2006/07 season . During this season he reached on February 15, 2007 in the game against the Calgary Flames as the 17th NHL player ever to the 600 goals mark. In the last game of the season, he scored his 100th season point at the age of 37, making him the second oldest player in NHL history after Gordie Howe , who scored 100 points in a season. The Colorado Avalanche missed the play-offs for the first time in their history.

In April 2007, Sakic again signed a one-year contract as he reassessed and assessed his performance from season to season at this stage of his career. The striker was nominated after the 2006/07 season by the NHL for the second time since 2001 for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , but the award went to Pawel Dazjuk . Due to injuries, he played only 44 of 82 possible games in the 2007/08 season . On March 22, 2008, he gave his 1000th assist against the Edmonton Oilers , becoming the eleventh player in NHL history to score over 1000 assists . The Avalanche qualified for the play-offs and were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals against the Detroit Red Wings.

Joe Sakic signed on 27 August 2008 for his 20th NHL season one with 6 million US dollars doped one-year contract. However, the center only played the first 15 games because a herniated disc excluded him from playing early in the season. In addition, the Canadian injured his hand on December 9, 2008 while working at home with a snow blower . He sustained a tendon injury and broke three fingers. Sakic was unable to recover from his injuries in time and missed the rest of the season.

After a total of 1550 NHL games, 709 goals, 1120 assists and 1829 points for the franchise that had drafted him in 1987 , Joe Sakic declared his professional career ended on July 9, 2009. The Canadian named the main reason for the end of his career that his injuries no longer allowed him to be the player he wanted to be. Already in an interview in January 2007, Sakic said that he will only play as long as he can still get a performance that is appealing to him. The center had originally hoped for another season and participation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in its hometown of Vancouver . He had to discard these plans due to his physical condition.

International

Joe Sakic represented his native Canada in a total of eight international competitions. The first use for the Canadian national team he had at the Junior World Championship in 1988 , in which the Canadians won the gold medal. At the 1991 World Cup , he and his team won the silver medal and contributed eleven scorer points in ten games . The center received an invitation for the 1991 Canada Cup , but was criticized for its insufficient footwork and was not nominated for the team.

He won his first gold as a professional at an international event at the 1994 World Cup after the Canadians defeated the Swedish selection after penalty shootouts . At the World Cup of Hockey 1996 he and his team came second after a final defeat against the Americans , at the same tournament eight years later the Canadian team defeated the Finnish national team and took first place.

Joe Sakic made his first appearance at the Winter Olympics in 1998 in Nagano , Japan , but failed to achieve a medal rank. In the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City , Sakic played in an attack series with Mario Lemieux and Paul Kariya and scored seven scorer points in six games in that tournament . This made the left shooter the most successful Canadian scorer. The attacker led the Canadians to their first Olympic gold medal in 50 years. In the final game of the competition against the US team, the center scored two goals. Following the game, Sakic was voted the most valuable player of the tournament and accepted into the Triple Gold Club . At the 2006 Winter Games , Sakic ran for the Canadian team as captain, but the team missed the medal ranks and finished in seventh place.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1985/86 Burnaby BC Selects BCAHA 80 83 73 156 96 - - - - -
1985/86 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Swift Current Broncos WHL 72 60 73 133 31 4th 0 1 1 0
1987/88 Swift Current Broncos WHL 64 78 82 160 64 10 11 13 24 12
1988/89 Québec Nordiques NHL 70 23 39 62 −36 24 - - - - - -
1989/90 Québec Nordiques NHL 80 39 63 102 −40 27 - - - - - -
1990/91 Québec Nordiques NHL 80 48 61 109 −26 24 - - - - - -
1991/92 Québec Nordiques NHL 69 29 65 94 +5 20th - - - - - -
1992/93 Québec Nordiques NHL 78 48 57 105 −3 40 6th 3 3 6th −3 2
1993/94 Québec Nordiques NHL 84 28 64 92 −8 18th - - - - - -
1994/95 Québec Nordiques NHL 47 19th 43 62 +7 30th 6th 4th 1 5 −4 0
1995/96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 51 69 120 +14 44 22nd 18th 16 34 +10 14th
1996/97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 65 22nd 52 74 −10 34 17th 8th 17th 25th +5 14th
1997/98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 64 27 36 63 ± 0 50 6th 2 3 5 ± 0 6th
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 73 41 55 96 +23 29 19th 6th 13 19th −2 8th
1999/00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 60 28 53 81 +30 28 17th 2 7th 9 −5 8th
2000/01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 54 64 118 +45 30th 21st 13 13 26th +6 6th
2001/02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 26th 53 79 +12 18th 21st 9 10 19th −2 4th
2002/03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 58 26th 32 58 +4 24 7th 6th 3 9 +1 2
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 81 33 54 87 +11 42 11 7th 5 12 ± 0 8th
2004-05 Colorado Avalanche NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 32 55 87 +10 60 9 4th 5 9 −1 6th
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 36 64 100 +2 46 - - - - - -
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 44 13 27 40 −4 20th 10 2 8th 10 −7 0
2008/09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 15th 2 10 12 −6 6th - - - - - -
WHL overall 139 138 155 293 95 14th 11 14th 25th 12
NHL overall 1378 625 1016 1641 +30 614 172 84 104 188 −2 78

International competitions

Sakic in the jersey of the
Canadian national team during the 2006 Winter Olympics .
year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Canada U20 World Cup Gold medal blank.svg 7th 3 1 4th 2
1991 Canada WM Silver medal blank.svg 10 6th 5 11 0
1994 Canada WM Gold medal blank.svg 8th 4th 3 7th 0
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 8th 2 2 4th 6th
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 4th 1 2 3 4th
2002 Canada Olympia Gold medal.svg 6th 4th 3 7th 0
2004 Canada World cup Gold medal blank.svg 6th 4th 2 6th 2
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 1 2 3 0
Juniors overall 7th 3 1 4th 2
Men overall 48 22nd 19th 41 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Play style and personality

Sakic's standout playful feature was his extraordinary wrist shot , which was referred to as his personal trademark throughout his career. His speed, overview of the game and the ability to remain calm in important moments were also positively mentioned. His calm personality was reflected both in his style of play on the ice and in his leadership style as a team captain . In 2001 he received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , also known as the Gentleman Trophy . The Canadian was seen as the most respected person in the league among teammates and opponents. Sakic was seen as a captain who tried to motivate his team less by words than by deeds, an attitude that his parents taught him at a young age.

The former head coach of the Avalanche, Marc Crawford , was particularly impressed by Sakic's will and determination. He also never had the feeling of training him, but rather of working with him. His passing game and his particularly high level of game intelligence were also praised. Former trainer Joel Quenneville said that Sakic instinctively always thinks one step ahead.

In a 2007 interview, Wayne Gretzky said he recommends young centers looking for a role model to orientate themselves on Joe Sakic.

One of the most defining moments in Sakic’s career followed Colorado’s second Stanley Cup win in 2001. At the end of his 22nd NHL season and at the time he won the title, his teammate Ray Bourque was the top defender of all time and the player with the most appearances in the National Hockey League without winning the championship. Instead of being the first player to lift the trophy, as is usually the case in the role of team captain, Sakic passed the cup directly to Bourque. This gesture is often seen as an example of Sakic's character and leadership style.

After the career

Sakic's jersey hangs on the ceiling of the Pepsi Center .

After Sakics retired at the end of the 2008/09 NHL season , the coaching position of the Colorado Avalanche was vacant, as the then head coach Tony Granato was dismissed following this season. This quickly fueled speculation that he could take over the post. However, Sakic himself was not interested in coaching a professional team.

His shirt with the shirt number 19 was hung on October 1, 2009 before Colorado's opening game of the 2009/10 season against the San Jose Sharks as part of a ceremonial ceremony by the Colorado Avalanche under the ceiling of the Pepsi Center in Denver . It will never be given to any Avalanche player again. Sakic is the Avalanche's third player, after defenseman Ray Bourque and goalkeeper Patrick Roy , who received the honor.

In December 2010, Sakic took on representative duties for Colorado at an NHL executive board meeting. In March 2011, the team announced that the Canadian would become a board member of the Avalanche. A month later, he was named senior advisor and alternate president of the Colorado Avalanche. After having made the majority of personnel decisions in this role, he finally replaced Greg Sherman as General Manager after the 2013/14 season , who will now be his assistant.

On November 12, 2012, Joe Sakic was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In January 2017 he was also elected into the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Others

Joe Sakic has three children with his wife, Debbie. The Canadian is a keen golfer, and every summer he hosts a charity golf tournament. For this social commitment he received the 2007 NHL Foundation Player Award from the National Hockey League . In his hometown of Burnaby , a street was named after Sakic that runs right next to a junior ice hockey rink.

He is known as Burnaby Joe in British Columbia , while he is often referred to as Super Joe in Colorado . He often made fun of his third nickname Quoteless Joe with journalists and reporters , as he usually only gave colorless and uninteresting comments in interviews. Joe Sakic was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame on April 20, 2010, and was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in September of the same year .

Successes, awards and records

Canadian Hockey League

National Hockey League

International

Others

Records

NHL records

  • Most points (1641) - 9th place
  • Most assists (1016) - 11th place
  • Most goals (625) - 15th place

Play-off records

  • Most overtime goals (8) - 1st place
  • Most goals in one season (18, 1995–1996) - 2nd place
  • Most points (188) - 8th place
  • Most goals (84) - 7th place

Québec Nordiques franchise records

Regular season
statistics since the Nordiques joined the NHL in 1979

  • Most games (508) - 8th place
  • Most points (626) - 4th place
  • Most goals (234) - 4th place
  • Most assists (392) - 3rd place
  • Most outnumbered goals (69) - 4th place
  • Most undernumbered goals (12) - 2nd place

Colorado Avalanche franchise records

Regular season

  • Most games (870) - 2nd place
  • Most points (1015) - 1st place
  • Most goals (391) - 1st place
  • Most assists (624) - 1st place
  • Most outnumbered goals (136) - 1st place
  • Most undernumbered goals (20) - 1st place
  • Most seasons (13) - 1st place

Play-offs

  • Most games (160) - 1st place
  • Most points (177) - 1st place
  • Most goals (77) - 1st place
  • Most assists (100) - 1st place
  • Most outnumbered goals (25) - 1st place
  • Most undernumbered goals (3) - 1st place

With a total of 17 seasons as team captain , Joe Sakic holds the franchise record in this category; league-wide only Steve Yzerman , who led the Detroit Red Wings as captain for 19 seasons , was active longer as a team captain.

Web links

Commons : Joe Sakic  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

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