Personal Life
Sakic and his wife Debbie have three children: son Mitchell, born in 1996, and fraternal twins; son Chase and daughter Kamryn, born in October 2000. They met at a local high school while he was playing in Swift Current, and they frequently return to the town during the off-season. Sakic is an avid golfer, and competed in the celebrity Pro Am golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in the summer of 2006. Each summer, he also hosts his own charity golf tournament which benefits the Food Bank of the Rockies. His charity work, which is estimated to have provided more than 7 million meals to poor children and families, has earned an NHL Foundation Player Award in 2007.
In his hometown of Burnaby, Sakic was a fan favourite, and even has a street named "Joe Sakic Way" in his honour. Throughout British Columbia he is affectionately known as "Burnaby Joe"; in Colorado, he is known simply as "Super Joe". His younger brother Brian joined the Swift Current Broncos during Joe's final season with the team. He did, however, play for the Flint Generals of the United Hockey League.
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