Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic
Joseph Steven Sakicis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played his entire 21-year National Hockey Leaguecareer with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. Named captain of the team in 1992, Sakic is regarded as one of the most capable team leaders in league history and was able to motivate his team to play at a winning level. Sakic led the Avalanche to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, being named the most valuable player of the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth7 July 1969
CountryCanada
We felt pretty good (Saturday), and we'll feel good (today). We're pretty excited about winning, but Monday we have Game 2.
We weren't very good, that's obvious, and there's no real explanation. We can't worry about this game; it's over now. We have to keep our heads up and get excited for the playoffs.
The regular season is over and we're all happy to be in this position and getting ready for the playoffs. This is when everybody wants to play. This is the fun time of the year, and we're excited about it.
We're excited to get him in the pipes.
We're pretty excited about winning. That's a great hockey team over there. I thought they were flat. It was a bad day for them.
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.
I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and coming out all the time and seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.
We tried to overpass it instead of shoot when we saw them break their sticks. We should have just got it back to Blake and let him blast it.
We were ready to go, ... We had our legs going and we were skating well and we probably caught them flat.
We were patient out there and just kind of moved it around. I gave it to (Blake) and actually thought he was going to shoot and I think so did they because they moved over and left me open. He made a perfect pass.
We have to find a way to beat them, especially in this building. We know where we are, but we can't look back now. We still have eight games to go and it just means the next one is that much more important.
We felt pretty good today, and we'll feel good tomorrow.
I've said it before, I feel bad for what happened to Steve. But Brad's not the one who did it. I'm sure he feels bad for what happened.
It was tougher seeing Foote and Pete go because I was with them for so long, ... I've had a lot of friends in Quebec and a lot of friends here (in Colorado) that got traded away or retired. That's just the nature of sports.