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Colorado Avalanche Mount Rushmore Monument Nominees

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 7: Members of the Colorado Avalanche 20th Anniversary Team are honored before a game against the Minnesota Wild at Pepsi Center on December 7, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 7: Members of the Colorado Avalanche 20th Anniversary Team are honored before a game against the Minnesota Wild at Pepsi Center on December 7, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /
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DENVER – OCTOBER 14: Joe Sakic #19 of the Colorado Avalanche warms up prior to taking on the Chicago Blackhawks in an NHL game at the Pepsi Center on October 14, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) /

Joe Sakic

Avalanche games played: 940
Points as an Avalanche: 1015
Honors as an Avalanche: 1996, 2001 Stanley Cup; 1996 Conn Smythe; 2001 Hart Trophy

Center Joe Sakic spent his entire career with the franchise. He was drafted 15th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in 1987. He played 13 seasons with the Colorado Avalanche, all as the team captain.

Those 13 seasons spanned 940 games. In that time, he recorded 391 goals. that included a career-high 54 goals in 2000-01. That year he won the Hart Trophy for team MVP.

Joe Sakic helped the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup twice and helped the team make the playoffs all but twice in his tenure. As part of his 1996 Cup run, he won the Conn Smythe, thanks to his 13 goals and 13 assists in 21 games.

Sakic naturally had his number retired by the team when he retired in 2009. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012, as a first-ballot nominee.

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