2001 NHL Awards

Joe Sakic 

(Colorado Avalanche) 

Hart Trophy (NHL MVP)

Lady Byng Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player) 

2001 Stanley Cup

2004 NHL All Star Game MVP - Joe Sakic

Joe Sakic 2000-2001 NHL Awards

Joe Sakic winner of the 2000/2001 Hart Trophy as NHL regular season MVP, Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL's Most Gentlemanly player and the Stanley Cup.   

Sakic captained the 2000/2001 Colorado Avalanche to the Stanley Cup victory over the New Jersey Devils.

1996 Conn Smythe Trophy

Joe Sakic, captain of the 1996 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Final.

Sakic led all skaters in the playoffs with 18 goals and 16 assist

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Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur stands with future Hall of Famers Mats Sundin and Joe Sakic in 1990

2012 Hockey Hall of Fame Class

Here is your induction class to the Hockey Hall of  Fame for 2012

Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure

2012 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees

Today the Hockey Hall of Fame inducted 4 former NHL players that are probably one the most decorated and highest scoring groups in Hall history:

Joe Sakic 

Pavel Bure

Adam Oates

Mats Sundin

1996 Stanley Cup Finals

June of 1996 saw the first Stanley Cup in the "Modern Era" of the Finals (since 1927 when the NHL gained full control over the Cup) in which 2 franchises were in their first Stanley Cup finals appearance.
The Colorado Avalanche faced off against the Florida Panthers in a 4 games finals that saw the Avalanche sweep but game 4 quickly became a classic as it went 3 overtime periods before being decided.


The Avalanche were in their first season in Colorado after moving from Quebec the previous off season, while the  Florida Panthers in their 3rd season had knocked the heavy favorite Mario Lemieux led Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals.  The Panthers had beaten the #1 seeded Philadelphia Flyers in the conference semi finals.
Colorado beat the regular season champion Detroit Red Wings in the wicked and rough Western Conference finals to make their first Stanley Cup finals appearance.


The first 2 games of the Finals weren't even close as Colorado took both games at home by 3-1 and 8-1 scores.  Patrick Roy early making a case for the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP.  He was challenging teammate and team captain Joe Sakic.
Sakic would win the MVP award with 18 goals, 16 assist and 34 points.


Defenseman Uwe Krupp would become a hero for the Avalanche fans as he scored the Cup winning goal.