What hockey team did Joe Sakic play for before the Colorado Avalanche?
Colorado’s Joe Sakic made it a point throughout his 20-year career to rarely talk about himself. So, in honor of his retirement Thursday from the game as a player, NHL.com has compiled what teammates and opponents have to say about the legend from Burnaby, B.C. Not surprisingly, the comments across the globe — from teammates, as well as opponents — were nothing but laudatory for Sakic, one of the classiest players to ever lace up a pair of skates in the history of the NHL. “The National Hockey League celebrates the career of Joe Sakic, a consummate professional who led by example, led by achievement and led by his commitment to the highest standards of skill and sportsmanship. While the “C” on his jersey stood for captain, it also stood for courage, character, class, Canada and Colorado. We thank Joe for his many contributions and wish him and his family all the best in the future.” — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman “He’s won pretty much eve
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. The franchise was founded in Quebec and were the Quebec Nordiques until moving to Colorado in 1995. The Avalanche have won eight division titles and went to the playoffs in each of their first 10 seasons in Denver, with the streak ending in 2007.[1] The Avalanche are the only team in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup their first season after a re-location, and only the second team to win a championship their first season after a relocation in any of the four major North American sports leagues, following the Washington Redskins of the NFL. From their first season in Denver in 1995, until the end of the 1998–99 season, the Avalanche played their home games at McNichols Sports Arena. Since then, they have played at Pepsi
