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 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 were fortunate to get a couple of goals early. We have gotten off to some bad starts and that's why we wanted to start strong tonight.
We've had some bad starts lately and we wanted to make sure the start of this game was a lot better. We played a solid first period and that gave us momentum. We've been playing a lot of catch-up lately and we didn't want to do that again.
That's great. I think everybody is looking forward to the rest and to start watching the other series. It's not going to matter who we play.
We didn't think scoring would be a problem. It's hard to explain. I think the confidence was there, but we were just too tentative and didn't generate on the inside. Yesterday was a new start for us. We thought we'd improve, but it didn't happen.
We are too spread out on the breakouts. When you're spread out, you start trying to do it on our own. Against these countries, they're just too good for that.
I think we're going to be a very competitive, very exciting team.
I think the Vancouver thing, you guys (in the media) are blowing out of proportion,
Penalty kills are huge. It comes down to special teams every game, and those guys have been great all year.
We expect all of the acquisitions that we made to help our club, ... I expect us to be right up there with everybody else competing for the Stanley Cup.
We ended up sitting back a bit and they started to come. But there were a lot of good things and a lot of things guys did better.
We've had injuries before and we're going to have them again. As long as you deal with it well, you'll go a long way.
Pierre's done a good job filling holes. We're going to have a talented team, an exciting team. We're looking forward to the challenge.
It always helps to get off to a good start.