Joe Sakic will announce his retirement this week after 20 years as the face of the Avalanche.He was a great player and a class act. He captained Canada at the Olympics in 2002 and won a gold medal and led his team to two the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2002,winning the Conn Smyth trophy in1996.He played with the greats Gretzky,Lemieux and Yzerman and was one of the greats himself .
Joe began his career with the Quebec Nordiquesin 1988-89 and transferred with the team to Denver in 1996.
In his career he scored 625 goals and accumulated 1,641 points in only 1378 games.
His name will go down as one of the all time greats of the game.Thanks for the memories Joe.