Joe Sakic

**Joseph Steven Sakic** (born July 7, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired ice hockey centre. Sakic played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche organizations. Sakic was able to win the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001.

He retired from playing professional ice hockey on July 9, 2009. The Colorado Avalanche retired his jersey number #19 with a "C" to represent his lengthy service as team captain on October 1, 2009. Sakic was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame along with Adam Oates, Pavel Bure and Mats Sundin in 2012.

He was a fan favourite in his hometown of Burnaby and even had a street named "Joe Sakic Way" in his honour. In British Columbia he is affectionately known as "Burnaby Joe".

## Career statistics

|ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Regular season|ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||ALIGN="center" colspan="5"|Playoffs|||||||||||||||||
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|ALIGN="center"|1985–86|ALIGN="center"|Burnaby BC Selects|ALIGN="center"|BCAHA|ALIGN="center"|80|ALIGN="center"|83|ALIGN="center"|73|ALIGN="center"|156|ALIGN="center"|96|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1985-86|ALIGN="center"|Lethbridge Broncos|ALIGN="center"|WHL|ALIGN="center"|3|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1986-87|ALIGN="center"|Swift Current Broncos|ALIGN="center"|WHL|ALIGN="center"|72|ALIGN="center"|60|ALIGN="center"|73|ALIGN="center"|133|ALIGN="center"|31|ALIGN="center"|4|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|1|ALIGN="center"|1|ALIGN="center"|0|
|ALIGN="center"|1987-88|ALIGN="center"|Swift Current Broncos|ALIGN="center"|WHL|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|78|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|160|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|11|ALIGN="center"|13|ALIGN="center"|24|ALIGN="center"|12|
|ALIGN="center"|1988-89|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|70|ALIGN="center"|23|ALIGN="center"|39|ALIGN="center"|62|ALIGN="center"|24|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1989-90|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|80|ALIGN="center"|39|ALIGN="center"|63|ALIGN="center"|102|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1990-91|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|80|ALIGN="center"|48|ALIGN="center"|61|ALIGN="center"|109|ALIGN="center"|24|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1991–92|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|69|ALIGN="center"|29|ALIGN="center"|65|ALIGN="center"|94|ALIGN="center"|20|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1992–93|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|78|ALIGN="center"|48|ALIGN="center"|57|ALIGN="center"|105|ALIGN="center"|40|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|3|ALIGN="center"|3|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|2|
|ALIGN="center"|1993-94|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|84|ALIGN="center"|28|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|92|ALIGN="center"|18|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1994-95|ALIGN="center"|Quebec Nordiques|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|47|ALIGN="center"|19|ALIGN="center"|43|ALIGN="center"|62|ALIGN="center"|30|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|4|ALIGN="center"|1|ALIGN="center"|5|ALIGN="center"|0|
|ALIGN="center"|1995-96|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|51|ALIGN="center"|69|ALIGN="center"|120|ALIGN="center"|44|ALIGN="center"|22|ALIGN="center"|18|ALIGN="center"|16|ALIGN="center"|34|ALIGN="center"|14|
|ALIGN="center"|1996-97|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|45|ALIGN="center"|8|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|18|ALIGN="center"|71|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|1997-98|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|27|ALIGN="center"|36|ALIGN="center"|63|ALIGN="center"|50|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|3|ALIGN="center"|5|ALIGN="center"|3|
|ALIGN="center"|1998-99|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|73|ALIGN="center"|41|ALIGN="center"|55|ALIGN="center"|96|ALIGN="center"|29|ALIGN="center"|19|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|13|ALIGN="center"|19|ALIGN="center"|8|
|ALIGN="center"|1999-00|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|60|ALIGN="center"|28|ALIGN="center"|53|ALIGN="center"|81|ALIGN="center"|28|ALIGN="center"|17|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|7|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|8|
|ALIGN="center"|2000–01|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|54|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|118|ALIGN="center"|30|ALIGN="center"|21|ALIGN="center"|13|ALIGN="center"|13|ALIGN="center"|26|ALIGN="center"|6|
|ALIGN="center"|2001–02|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|26|ALIGN="center"|53|ALIGN="center"|79|ALIGN="center"|18|ALIGN="center"|21|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|19|ALIGN="center"|4|
|ALIGN="center"|2002–03|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|58|ALIGN="center"|26|ALIGN="center"|32|ALIGN="center"|58|ALIGN="center"|24|ALIGN="center"|7|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|3|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|2|
|ALIGN="center"|2003–04|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|81|ALIGN="center"|33|ALIGN="center"|54|ALIGN="center"|87|ALIGN="center"|42|ALIGN="center"|11|ALIGN="center"|7|ALIGN="center"|5|ALIGN="center"|12|ALIGN="center"|8|
|ALIGN="center"|2005–06|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|32|ALIGN="center"|55|ALIGN="center"|87|ALIGN="center"|60|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|4|ALIGN="center"|5|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|6|
|ALIGN="center"|2006–07|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|82|ALIGN="center"|36|ALIGN="center"|64|ALIGN="center"|100|ALIGN="center"|46|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|
|ALIGN="center"|2007–08|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|44|ALIGN="center"|13|ALIGN="center"|27|ALIGN="center"|40|ALIGN="center"|20|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|8|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|0|
|ALIGN="center"|2008–09|ALIGN="center"|Colorado Avalanche|ALIGN="center"|NHL|ALIGN="center"|15|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|10|ALIGN="center"|12|ALIGN="center"|6|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|ALIGN="center"|-|

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **caption**: Sakic in a 1997 game at Edmonton Coliseum.
- **played for**: Quebec Nordiques
Colorado Avalanche
- **league**: National Hockey League, NHL
- **position**: Center (ice hockey), Centre
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 11
- **weight lb**: 195
- **ntl team**: CAN
- **birth place**: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- **draft**: 15th overall
- **draft year**: 1987
- **draft team**: Quebec Nordiques
- **career start**: 1988
- **career end**: 2009
- **halloffame**: 2012
- **image**: Joe sakic.jpg
- **image size**: 230px