We kind of knew it was coming, but the retirement of Number 19 still comes as a bit of a shock. Joe Sakic averaged more than a point per game through his entire 20-year NHL career, even in the last season where he only managed 15 games due to constant back pain. ...
As the Stanley Cup playoffs rage on, a select crew of Canadian players whose teams are out of the running are over in Moscow defending Canada’s great cultural hockey tradition at the IIHF Hockey World Championships. The 2007 team, which was given a pass this...
I still contend that Patrick Roy’s biggest enemy is his tremendous goaltender’s ego. He couldn’t WAIT to divert attention away from the Stanley Cup Finals, announcing his retirement (two years too late, in my view). His career will forever be marred...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/20021225/yearendnhl.html *Hockey 2002: Go north, young man – and woman* December 25, 2002 By Daren Smith SportsTicker Hockey Editor JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) – It’s been almost a decade since a Canadian team...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news/ap/20010626/ap-avalanche-bourque.html Bourque retires after 22 years in NHL, Stanley Cup win By JOHN MOSSMAN AP Sports Writer June 26, 2001 DENVER (AP) — For 22 seasons, Ray Bourque performed like few others on the ice. On...
