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Click on a link below to view Three 🇨🇦 Canadian hockey legends – Joe “Super Joe” Sakic, Paul “Mighty Mouse” Kariya and Steve “The Captain” Yzerman career highlights
Joe Sakic – 🇨🇦
Credit: Håkan Dahlström
- Full name – Joseph Steven Sakic
- Nickname – “Super Joe”, “Burnaby Joe”, “Sack”
- Nationality – Canadian 🇨🇦
- Career accomplishments –
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
 | 2002 Salt Lake City | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1994 Italy | |
 | 1991 Finland | |
| World Cup | ||
| 2004 World Cup | |
| 1996 World Cup | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| 1988 Soviet Union |
Joe Sakic W.H.L. and C.H.L. awards
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| WHL East Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (Rookie of the Year) | 1987 |
| WHL East Player of the Year | 1987 |
| WHL East Second All-Star Team | 1987 |
| WHL Bob Clarke Trophy (Leading Scorer) | 1988 |
| CHL Player of the Year | 1988 |
| WHL Player of the Year | 1988 |
| WHL East First All-Star Team | 1988 |
Joe Sakic N.H.L. awards
| Award | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Stanley Cup champion | 1996, 2001 |
| Conn Smythe Trophy | 1996 |
| M.A.C. (Most Assists with Children) Award | 1998 |
| Bud Light Plus/Minus Award (shared with Patrik Eliáš) | 2001 |
| Hart Memorial Trophy | 2001 |
| Lester B. Pearson Award | 2001 |
| Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | 2001 |
| NHL First All-Star Team | 2001, 2002, 2004 |
| NHL All-Star Game MVP | 2004 |
| NHL/Sheraton Road Performer Award (most road points) | 2004 |
| NHL Foundation Player Award | 2007 |
Joe Sakic international awards
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament Most Valuable Player | 2002 |
| Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey All-Star Team | 2002 |
N.H.L. Legends Tribute – N.H.L. 100 Greatest Players: Joe “Super Joe” Sakic Captained The Colorado Avalanche To Two N.H.L. Stanley Cups – 🇨🇦
E.S.P.N. Tribute: Top 10 Joe “Super Joe” Sakic Moments – 🇨🇦
Joe “Super Joe” Sakic Highlights: Joe “Super Joe” Sakic 500th Career Goal – 🇨🇦
Paul Kariya – 🇨🇦
Credit: Sean Russell
- Full name – Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya
- Nickname – “The Mighty Mouse”
- Nationality – Canadian 🇨🇦
- Career accomplishments –
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1994 Italy | |
| 1996 Austria | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| 1993 Sweden | |
| Phoenix Cup | ||
| 1991 Japan |
Paul Kariya career awards
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| B.C.H.L. (Interior Conference) | |
| Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy (rookie of the year) | 1991 |
| Bob Fenton Trophy (most sportsmanlike player) | 1991, 1992 |
| Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (most valuable player) | 1991, 1992 |
| Canadian Junior A Player of the Year | 1992 |
| Hockey East | |
| All-Hockey East Rookie Team | 1993 |
| First Team | 1993 |
| Rookie of the Year | 1993 |
| Player of the Year | 1993 |
| Lamoriello Trophy (league championship; with Maine Black Bears) | 1993 |
| N.C.A.A. | |
| Hobey Baker Award (most outstanding player) | 1993 |
| National championship (with Maine Black Bears) | 1993 |
| AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1993 |
| All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 1993 |
| N.H.L. | |
| All-Rookie Team | 1995 |
| First All-Star Team | 1996, 1997, 1999 |
| Second All-Star Team | 2000, 2003 |
| Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (most sportsmanlike player) | 1996, 1997 |
| NHL All-Star Game | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Skills Competition Puck Control Champion | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Anaheim Ducks #9 jersey retired | 2018 |
| International | |
| World Junior Championship All-Star Team | 1993 |
| World Junior Championship gold medal (with Canada) | 1993 |
| World Championship All-Star Team | 1994, 1996 |
| World Championship gold medal (with Canada) | 1994 |
| Winter Olympic gold medal | 2002 |
Paul Kariya career records
- Last NCAA Division I player to score 100 points in a single season – 12th overall
- Anaheim Ducks record; most overtime goals, single season – 3 in 1995–96
- Anaheim Ducks record; highest plus-minus, single season – +36 in 1996–97
- Anaheim Ducks record; most shots, single season – 429 in 1998–99
- Anaheim Ducks record; longest tenured captain – 8 years from 1996–2003
- Nashville Predators record; most assists, single season – 54 in 2005–06
- Nashville Predators record; most points, single season – 85 in 2005–06
- Most Puck Control Relay wins at NHL SkillsCompetition – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
N.H.L. Legends Tribute – Anaheim Ducks Honor Paul”Mighty Mouse” Kariya And Retire His Number Nine – 🇨🇦
Paul “Mighty Mouse” Kariya 1994 – 2010 N.H.L. Career Highlights – 🇨🇦
Steve Yzerman – 🇨🇦
- Full name – Stephen Gregory Yzerman
- Nickname – “The Captain”, “Captain Forever”, “Stevie Wonder”, “Stevie Y”
- Nationality – Canadian 🇨🇦
- Career accomplishments –
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | |
| World Cup | ||
| 1996 Canada | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1985 Czechoslovakia | |
| 1989 Sweden | |
| Canada Cup | ||
| 1984 Canada | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 1983 Soviet Union |
Steve Yzerman career awards and achievements
- NHL All-Star Game Roster – 1984 (first 18-year old to be selected to the roster), 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000;
- NHL First Team All-Star – 2000;
- Lester B. Pearson Award – 1989;
- Conn Smythe Trophy – 1998;
- Frank J. Selke Trophy – 2000;
- Stanley Cup champion (as player) – 1997, 1998, 2002;
- Stanley Cup champion (as executive) – 2008;
- Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy – 2003;
- Lester Patrick Trophy – 2006;
- Seventh in NHL history in points, tenth in goals and ninth in assists;
- First in Red Wings history in assists; second in points and goals; fourth in games played; second all-time in seasons and seventh all-time in games played with only one NHL franchise;
- Longest-serving captain for a team in league history (19 seasons, 1,303 games);
- Number (19) retired with Canadian Men’s National Team; (#19 later worn at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics by Joe Thornton)
- Named vice-president of Detroit Red Wings – 2006;
- Detroit Red Wings #19 retired on January 2, 2007;
- Named general manager of Team Canada – 2008;
- Was ranked sixth in The Hockey News “The Top 60 Since 1967 – The Best Players of the Post Expansion Era”;
- Inducted into Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame – January 11, 2008;
- Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame – February 11, 2008;
- Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame – 2008;
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame – 2009;
- Named general manager and vice-president of the Tampa Bay Lightning – May 2010;
- Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame – 2014;
- Named to the Order of Hockey in Canada by Hockey Canada – 2014;
- NHL General Manager of the Year Award – 2015;
- Named on the 100 Greatest NHL Players list for the NHL’s Centennial Anniversary – 2017;
- Named general manager and executive vice-president of the Detroit Red Wings – April 2019
N.H.L. Legends Tribute – N.H.L. 100 Greatest Players: Steve “The Captain” Yzerman Captained the Detroit Red Wings For 19 N.H.L. Seasons – 🇨🇦
Steve “The Captain” Yzerman 1994 – 2010 N.H.L. Career Highlights – 🇨🇦
Sources: Wikipedia–https://www.en.wikipedia.org, E.S.P.N.–https://www.espn.com, N.H.L.–https://www.nhl.com, Winter Olympics official website–https://www.olympic.org/winter-games, Sportsnet–https://www.sportsnet.ca, YouTube–https://www.youtube.com
