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Position:CenterShoots:Left
Height:5' 11"Weight:195
Born:Jul 7, 1969 Phonetic: (SAK-ihk)
Born in:Burnaby, BC, Canada
COL Season: 18thNHL Season: 18th
Drafted:Quebec's 1st round choice, 15th overall, in 1987
Player Notes:
2006-07: Led the Avalanche and tied for sixth in league scoring with 100 points in 82 games Became the second oldest player in NHL history to eclipse 100 points, behind Gordie Howe, who had 103 points at the age of 40 in 1968-69 Reached the 100-point plateau for the sixth time in his career and the first time since 2000-01 Was the first Avalanche player to surpass the century mark since Peter Forsberg in 2002-03 Completed his 18th season in the NHL and served as team captain for the 14th consecutive season (15th season overall) Led the Avalanche in goals (36) and assists (64) Joe’s 64 assists ranked sixth in the league and equaled the third highest total of his career Recorded at least 50 assists for the 14th time in his career, tying Paul Coffey and Marcel Dionne for the third most 50-assist seasons in NHL history Only Wayne Gretzky (18) and Ron Francis (16) have more Reached the 30-goal mark for a franchise-record ninth time in his career He was tied with Michel Goulet and Peter Stastny, who each had eight 30-goal campaigns Surpassed the 20-goal mark for the 17th time in his 18-year career Is just the 10th player in NHL history to score 20 or more goals in 17 different seasons Appeared in all 82 games for the second straight year and fourth time in the last six seasons Has now played in 208 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 6, 2004 Finished tied for eighth in the league in power-play points (43) and ninth in power-play goals (16), both team highs Led the Avs in faceoff percentage (53.1%) and ranked first among Colorado forwards in ice time (20:11) Was the club's top scorer in every month this season Went 4-for-8 in shootouts with two game-deciding goals Finished the season ninth on the all-time scoring list with 1,589 points, one behind Phil Esposito (1590) for eighth place Is tied with Bobby Hull for 14th on the all-time goal-scoring list with 610 Ranks 11th all-time in assists with 979 Jumped from 15th to 11th in assists this year, passing Stan Mikita, Larry Murphy, Al MacInnis and Doug Gilmour Recorded 20 points (5g/15a) in eight games against the Calgary Flames, the highest scoring total of any NHL player against one team this season Sakic’s 20 points tied the franchise record for most points against a single team in one season, equaling the mark set by Peter Stastny versus the Hartford Whalers in 1987-88 Sakic’s 15 assists set a new franchise record for most assists against one team Peter Stastny had 14 helpers against the Whalers in '87-88 Scored his 10th career Opening Night goal on Oct. 4 vs. Dallas, second most among active players (Alexander Mogilny - 13) Became the 11th player in NHL history to reach 1,500 points with an assist on Oct. 25 vs. Washington Was the first player to hit the 1,500-point milestone since Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux on Dec. 30, 2000 Scored his first career "shootout" goal on Nov. 18 at Minnesota Had been 0-for-7 in shootout attempts prior to that Potted a goal in four straight games, Dec. 7-13 Moved into 10th place on the all-time scoring list with three assists on Jan. 1 at Nashville, passing Paul Coffey (1531) Finished second among all NHL scorers with 20 points in February (6g/14a), trailing only Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg (25) Scored his seventh regular season OT goal on Feb. 6 vs. Florida Collected five points (2g/3a), including his 600th career goal, on Feb. 15 at Calgary Became the 17th player in NHL history to reach 600 goalsSakic's five-point outing was his first since Jan. 2, 2001 vs. Los Angeles Was named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for Feb. 12-18 Appeared in his 1,300th game on Feb. 25 at Anaheim Posted a 10-game assist streak from Feb. 6-24, tying Martin St. Louis for the longest such streak in the NHL this season Recorded a 12-game point streak (6g/14a) from Feb. 3-25 Assisted on all four goals in a 4-3 overtime victory against San Jose on March 18 Named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for March 12-18 With an assist on March 29 at Phoenix, Sakic moved ahead of Ray Bourque (1579) for ninth place on the all-time scoring list Notched his third 4-point game of the season with a goal and three assists on April 3 at Calgary Sakic's goal was the 609th of his career, passing Dino Ciccarelli for 15th place all time Topped the century mark in points with a goal and two assists in the season finale against Calgary on April 8 Sakic’s goal was the 610th of his career, tying Bobby Hull for 14th all time, and also his 200th power-play goal, making him just the 14th player in NHL history to score 200 PPG Was named the NHL’s ‘Second Star’ for the final week of the regular season (April 2-8) Made his 12th appearance (13th selection) in the NHL All-Star Game and was named a starter for the fourth time in his career Named captain of the Western Conference All-Stars Notched four assists to lead the West to a 12-9 victory over the East on Jan. 24 in Dallas Sakic's four assists gave him 16 for his career, surpassing Mark Messier's All-Star record of 14 Moved into third place on the All-Star points list with 22, trailing only Wayne Gretzky (25) and Mario Lemieux (23) Joe's four-assist effort was the seventh multiple point game of his All-Star career, passing Gretzky for the most in history. | 