Joseph Steven "Burnaby Joe" Sakic - Born July 7, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia is a Canadian retired ice Hockey centre, general manager and current president of Colorado Avalanche.

- Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL Most Valuable Player) 1987, 1988 with Swift Current Broncos.

- Stewart "Butch" Paul Memorial Trophy (Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy) Winner 1987 with Swift Current Broncos.
- Bob Clarke Trophy Winner 1988 with Swift Current Broncos.

- World Junior Ice Hockey Champion 1988 with Team Canada.

- David Branch Player of the Year Award (CHL Player of the Year) 1988 with Swift Current Broncos.

- 1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Silver Medal Winner with Team Canada.

- World Ice Hockey Champion 1994 with Team Canada.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1996, 2001, 2022 (GM) with Colorado Avalanche.

- Conn Smythe Trophy Winner 1996 with Colorado Avalanche.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1996, 2001, 2022 (GM) with Colorado Avalanche.

- NHL President's Trophy Champion 1997, 2001, 2021 (GM) with Colorado Avalanche.

- World Cup of Hockey 1996 Finalist with Team Canada.

- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Winner 2001 with Colorado Avalanche.

- Hart Memorial Trophy Winner 2001 with Colorado Avalanche.

- Lester B. Pearson Award (Ted Lindsay Award) Winner 2001 with Colorado Avalanche.

- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Champion 2002 with Team Canada.
Sakic was Tournament MVP and the Best Forward selected by the directorate, and on Media All-Stars Team.

- World Cup of Hockey Champion 2004 with Team Canada.

- NHL Foundation Player Award 2007.

Sakic is a member of The Triple Gold Club.

Sakic started his junior Hockey with Lethbridge Broncos in the spring of 1986. The Broncos would move to Swift Current for the 1986-87 WHL season. Sakic and the Broncos were involved in a tragic bus crash on December 30, 1986 going to play the Regina Pats. Black ice caused the crash with the bus careening off of an overpass and landing on its side, killing 4 players. Sakic was unharmed and years later said during a interview "You never do forget," Sakic said. "They say time heals, and it does, but you remember everything. You never forget."

Sakic and the Broncos finished the season, even made the playoffs. During this time, Sakic worked on his wrist shot everyday, shooting pucks for hours at all angles around the net. He was a rink rat already, so hanging out at the arena gave him some peace.

The next season season, Sakic set personal records for goals with 78 and assists with 82. He was named Canadian Hockey League player of the year and helped Team Canada win the 1988 World Junior Championships.

Sakic wasn't the biggest player, but was crafty and smart. The Quebec Nordiques had scooped him with their 15th pick in the 1987 NHL draft.

Sakic made his NHL debut with Nordiques on October 6, 1988 vs Hartford Whalers at Hartford Civic Center in a 6-2 Nordiques win. Sakic had 1 assist.

Sakic scored his 1st NHL goal vs Sean Burke of New Jersey Devils at 6:50 of 2nd period at Quebec Coliseum in a 5-3 New Jersey win.

Sakic scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Billy Smith of New York Islanders on October 22, 1988 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in a 7-3 Islanders win.

Sakic was mentored by teammate Peter Šťastný during his first 2 seasons in Quebec City. He scored 23 goals in his rookie season (62pts) and 39 goals the next season, also cracking the 100 point barrier (102pts) the 1st time in his NHL career, which he would do 6 times.

Sakic also got to play with Guy Lafluer for 2 seasons and Mats Sundin for 4 seasons who the Nordiques had drafted 1st overall in 1989. Owen Nolan was drafted 1st overall by the Nordiques in 1990 and fit right in.

The Nordiques were NHL celler drellers the first few seasons Sakic was in Quebec City, but as Sakic matured and became the leader, named Nordiques captain in 1992 (after serving as a co-captain in 1990–91), the team started to improve with Sakic's lead-by-example leadership, making the playoffs in 1993 with a dramatic turnaround, but losing to Montreal in the first round in 6 games.

Sakic was with the Nordiques in 1995 when they moved to Denver, becoming the Colorado Avalanche, and would lead the Avalanche to their 1st Stanley Cup championship in 1996, scoring 18 goals, 16 assists winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP.

Sakic would lead the Avalanche to 10 straight playoffs, winning the Stanley Cup again in 2001, where he famously gave the Stanley Cup to Ray Bourque first to lift over his head.

Sakic suffered a herniated disk in late November 2008 and would retire in July 2009.

Sakic played in 1378 regular season NHL games, scoring 625 goals (86 GWG / 7 OTG), 1016 assists with 614 penalty minutes and 172 NHL playoff games, scoring 84 goals (19 GWG / 8 OTG), 104 assists with 78 penalty minutes.

Sakic played in NHL All-Star Games 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007.
2004 NHL All-Star Game MVP.

Sakic was selected to NHL First All-Star Team in 2001, 2002, 2004.

Sakic's most dominant NHL season was 2000-01 compiling 118 points (54 goals) while winning the Hart, Conn Smythe, Lady Byng and Lester B. Pearson Trophies.

Sakic holds the NHL record for All-Star Game assists with 16.
Sakic holds the NHL record for most playoff overtime goals with 8.

Sakic represented Canada 7 times as a junior, scoring 3 goals, 1 assist and 2 penalty minutes. As a senior, Sakic played 48 games, scoring 22 goals, 19 assists with 39 penalty minutes.

The Avalanche retired Sakic's jersey number 19 prior to their 2009-10 season opener on October 1, 2009.

Sakic returned to the Colorado Avalanche in 2011 after taking 2 years away from the game with his family. He has the Hockey Bug since 4 years old, so it was time to learn the executive part of Hockey. Sakic started as a advisor and alternate governor of the team. In May 2013, the Avalanche promoted Sakic to executive vice president of Hockey operations, and by the start of the 2013-14 season, Sakic was named general manager. He stayed on as GM until 2022, when he was re-assigned after the Avalanche won the 2022 Stanley Cup championship. He is now team president.

A street in Burnaby, B.C. has been named Joe Sakic Way in his honour.

Joe Sakic was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2010

Joe Sakic was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Joe Sakic was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012
Sakic was the only member of his Hall of Fame class who won the Stanley Cup during his career.

Joe Sakic was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

Joe Sakic was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017.

In January 2017, Joe Sakic was named as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.