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
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.
For me, on a personal note, it was really tough to see both Adam and Peter go. I'm really going to miss them.
We're going to miss those guys tremendously, ... But the depth of our team is going to be pretty good.
There's no question we're going to be different. We're going to miss those guys, but I think we've done a good job in filling holes and getting a lot of depth with our club.
The power play was terrible. We didn't support one another that well. ... I don't think we generated hardly any chances on the power play.
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).
We didn't find a way to score. We had a couple of chances but it didn't go in. The difference in the game was their power play.
With a rolling puck, no one knows where it's going. Usually, a rolling puck gets away a little quicker.
We got a couple of breaks on a couple of goals. None luckier than mine, obviously.
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.
We just have to worry about Calgary and have a better effort there. We always seem to have a lapse at one point or another in the game. We just want to play 60 minutes and get a win there and start moving up in the standings.
We felt pretty good today, and we'll feel good tomorrow.
We felt pretty good (Saturday), and we'll feel good (today). We're pretty excited about winning, but Monday we have Game 2.
You expect to be there right at the end. I think we learned a lot here about what it takes at this level, this stage. We weren't good enough.