Joe Sakic
Chronology
| 1969 | Born July 7 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| 1985 | Begins playing hockey with Lethbridge Broncos |
| 1986 | Plays with Canadian National Team |
| 1986 | Leaves home to play hockey with Swift Current Broncos in Saskatchewan and attend Swift Current Comprehensive High School; bus accident on the way to a game on December 30 leaves four team members dead |
| 1988 | Joins Quebec Nordiques after being the fifteenth pick in National Hockey League (NHL) draft |
| 1989 | Adopts jersey number 19 |
| 1992 | Is named team captain of the Nordiques; gets four-year, $8.8 million contract |
| 1993 | Nordiques make playoffs for first time in six seasons; marries Debbie Metivier—they will have a son, Mitchell, and twins Chase and Kamryn |
| 1995 | Nordiques finish second overall in NHL's strike-shortened season; in June, team moves to Denver, Colorado, and changes name to Colorado Avalanche |
| 1996 | Colorado Avalanche wins Stanley Cup championship |
| 1997 | Is injured in January and misses seventeen games; Colorado Avalanche finishes first overall in NHL regular season but is defeated in playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings |
| 1997 | In August, the New York Rangers offer Sakic, now a free agent, a $15 million signing bonus plus $2 million a year for three years; Colorado Avalanche matches the offer |
| 1998 | With eight other Avalanche players, is chosen to participate in Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan; is named captain of the Canadian team but is injured and misses last two games |
| 1999 | Scores 1,000th point on December 27 |
| 2000 | Nets 400th goal on March 23 |
| 2001 | Leads Avalanche to a second Stanley Cup Championship; signs five-year, $50.5 million contract with Colorado Avalanche in late June, just before scheduled to become a free agent on July 1 |
| 2002 | Plays on Team Canada in 2002 Olympics |
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