Joe Sakic Retires

[Don Wassall]

The NHL is losing another all-time great in Joe Sakic -- great player, great captain, all-around good guy and role model, leader of two Stanley Cup winning teams.

The son of Croatian immigrants, Joe played 20 NHL seasons. Here's areport on his retirement from the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_12798054?source=rss

Edited by: Don Wassall

 

[jaxvid]

Joe was one of the great ones. Too bad he didn't have a room brigtening smile or the media would have paid more attention to him.

 

[son_of_Radovan]

From wikipedia :

All-Time
"¢8th place â€" Regular season points (1641)
"¢11th place â€" Regular season assists (1016)
"¢14th place â€" Regular season goals (625)
"¢35th place â€" Regular season games played (1363)
"¢1st place â€" All-Star game assists (16)
"¢3rd place â€" All-Star game points (22)
Playoffs
"¢1st place â€" Most overtime goals (8)
"¢2nd place â€" Most goals in single season (18, in 1995-1996)
"¢7th place â€" Playoff points (188)
"¢7th place â€" Playoff goals (84)


One of the finest players of all-time; he alone could induce me to pull for the Avalanche.

Sakic is a man of class and dignity; his retirement is a major event in the history of hockey and should have been treated thus. No surprise that it was not.

http://www.dobberhockey.com/dobberpics/joe_sakic.jpgEdited by: son_of_Radovan