Joe Sakic

FORGET DIMAGGIO!!!
“WHERE HAVE YOU GONE JOE SAKIC???”
A YEAR AGO THE COLORADO AVALANCHE RAISED SAKIC’S NUMBER 19 SWEATER INTO THE RAFTERS…
IN SEPTEMBER HERE IN VANCOUVER…SAKIC WAS INDUCTED INTO THE B.C. SPORTS HALL OF FAME…
TWO VERY RARE SIGHTINGS…OF ONE OF THE GREATEST HOCKEY PLAYERS THE GAME HAS EVER SEEN…
THE NEXT…IS EXPECTED IN 2 YEARS WHEN SAKIC GOES INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
IN THE 20 YEARS HE PLAYED IN THE NHL…SAKIC MADE THE ALL STAR TEAM 13 TIMES…
SAKIC IS ONE OF ONLY 6 PLAYERS TO SCORE 600 GOALS AND COLLECT 1,000 ASSISTS…
THE OTHERS ARE…WAYNE GRETZKY…GORDIE HOWE…MARCEL DIONNE…MARK MESSIER…STEVE YZERMAN…AND MARIO LEMIEUX…
HE IS ONE OF ONLY 22 PLAYERS WHO BELONG TO THE “TRIPLE GOLD CLUB”…
TO JOIN…YOU MUST HAVE WON AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL…A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP…AND A STANLEY CUP…
AND HE’S ONE OF ONLY 4 PLAYERS…TO HAVE CAPTAINED HIS TEAM TO A STANLEY CUP…AND WIN THE HART TROPHY IN THE SAME YEAR…
AT 41 YEARS OF AGE…JOE SAKIC HAS THE KEYS TO THE HOCKEY UNIVERSE…AND YET HE REMAINS OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT…
INSTEAD FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON…HE WILL SPEND HIS TIME COACHING HIS SON’S HOCKEY TEAM…
SAKIC EXPLAINS IT THIS WAY…”I HAD SUCH FUN A YEAR AT HOME LAST YEAR…THAT I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN”…
THE ONLY INVOLVEMENT HE HAS WITH THE AVALANCHE IS AN INFORMAL ROLE WITH PRESIDENT PIERRE LACROIX…
THE DEAL IS…SAKIC WATCHES THE GAMES…AND IF LACROIX WANTS A SECOND OPINION…HE GIVES JOE A CALL…
NOW ALL THAT…IS NOT TO SAY…JOE SAKIC HAS WALKED AWAY FROM THE GAME…
IT’S JUST…FOR NOW…HIS FAMILY COMES FIRST…
EVEN SAKIC ADMITTS…AT SOME POINT HE WILL WANT BACK IN…
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS…HE WILL MAKE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO MANAGEMENT…THAT HE MADE AS A PLAYER…
SO UNTIL THEN…
THE CLOSEST YOU’LL GET TO JOE SAKIC THESE DAYS…IS LOOKING AT HIS SWEATER AT THE PEPSI CENTER…
OR GOING TO A “BANTAM” HOCKEY GAME…IN LITTLETON COLORADO…