Brian Sakic
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Brian Sakic is a former professional ice hockey
player.
of the WHL
. His brother, retired legend NHL player Joe Sakic
, was also on the team. Brian was drafted in the fifth round, 93rd overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
by the Washington Capitals
; however, he would never play a single game in the NHL. However, he did manage to set WHL records for career assists, with 405, and points, with 591. His jersey number has been retired by the Tri-City Americans
.
Sakic retired from professional hockey in 1999.
. On November 1, 1989, after the alleged victim was interrogated, the charges against the players were immediately stayed, and public mischief
charges were laid against the girl.
Sakic and Smith were traded from the Broncos.
The trial took place in January 1990. The players agreed that they had done everything to the girl that she described, which included penetration in three orifices, and admitted that "there had been blood
." It was revealed during the trial that the accuser bled heavily the night of the alleged rape and continued to bleed intermittently for the next two days. They said she begged for more. The girl said she begged them to stop and was terrified.
Presiding judge
Harding found the girl not guilty and wrote that as a result of the "degrading and disgusting" incident, the girl "suffered considerable physical and emotional pain. That's not sympathy. That's fact. It became clear to her that [the hockey players] had no feelings at all for her and had merely used her for their own sexual gratification. She honestly believed that what happened to her was not by consent."
Attorney
Murray Walter, who represented the girl, requested to the Province of Saskatchewan's Justice
Department that an inquiry into the case be held. His request was denied.
Later that year, at the NHL Entry Draft
held in Sakic's hometown of Vancouver
on June 16, 1990, Sakic was a fifth-round pick of the Washington Capitals
. The Capitals said they decided to draft Sakic in spite of what had occurred after he was interviewed by the team's director of player personnel Jack Button
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player.
Playing career
Sakic started his junior career with the Swift Current BroncosSwift Current Broncos
The Swift Current Broncos are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. Founded during 1967 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, the Broncos played seven seasons before relocating to Lethbridge from 1974 to 1986 as the Lethbridge Broncos...
of the WHL
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
. His brother, retired legend NHL player Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic
Joseph Steven "Joe" Sakic is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player and current hockey executive. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. In his 20-year tenure, Sakic won the Stanley Cup twice, captured numerous NHL...
, was also on the team. Brian was drafted in the fifth round, 93rd overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
1990 NHL Entry Draft
The 1990 National Hockey League Entry Draft was the 28th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted by the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 16, 1990...
by the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
; however, he would never play a single game in the NHL. However, he did manage to set WHL records for career assists, with 405, and points, with 591. His jersey number has been retired by the Tri-City Americans
Tri-City Americans
The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League, based in Kennewick, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center...
.
Sakic retired from professional hockey in 1999.
Controversies
On October 3, 1989, Sakic and Swift Current Broncos teammate Wade Smith were charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Swift Current, SaskatchewanSaskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. On November 1, 1989, after the alleged victim was interrogated, the charges against the players were immediately stayed, and public mischief
Mischief
Mischief is a vexatious or annoying action, or, conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. Young children, when they hear of mischief, think of practical jokes....
charges were laid against the girl.
Sakic and Smith were traded from the Broncos.
The trial took place in January 1990. The players agreed that they had done everything to the girl that she described, which included penetration in three orifices, and admitted that "there had been blood
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
." It was revealed during the trial that the accuser bled heavily the night of the alleged rape and continued to bleed intermittently for the next two days. They said she begged for more. The girl said she begged them to stop and was terrified.
Presiding judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
Harding found the girl not guilty and wrote that as a result of the "degrading and disgusting" incident, the girl "suffered considerable physical and emotional pain. That's not sympathy. That's fact. It became clear to her that [the hockey players] had no feelings at all for her and had merely used her for their own sexual gratification. She honestly believed that what happened to her was not by consent."
Attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Murray Walter, who represented the girl, requested to the Province of Saskatchewan's Justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
Department that an inquiry into the case be held. His request was denied.
Later that year, at the NHL Entry Draft
NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League systematically select the rights to available amateur ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements...
held in Sakic's hometown of Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
on June 16, 1990, Sakic was a fifth-round pick of the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
. The Capitals said they decided to draft Sakic in spite of what had occurred after he was interviewed by the team's director of player personnel Jack Button
Jack Button
Jack Button was a professional hockey executive with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. The Jack Button Award, given to the top prospect for the Washington Capitals, was created in his honor.-NHL clubs:...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1987–88 | Swift Current Broncos Swift Current Broncos The Swift Current Broncos are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. Founded during 1967 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, the Broncos played seven seasons before relocating to Lethbridge from 1974 to 1986 as the Lethbridge Broncos... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
65 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 71 | 36 | 64 | 100 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Tri-City Americans Tri-City Americans The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League, based in Kennewick, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center... |
WHL | 58 | 47 | 92 | 139 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 69 | 40 | 122 | 162 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1991–92 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 72 | 45 | 83 | 128 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 1992–93 1992–93 ECHL season The 1992-93 ECHL season was the fifth season of the ECHL. In 1992, the league saw numerous changes in team membership. The Winston-Salem Thunderbirds move to Wheeling, WV, becoming the first franchise to make a major relocation, the Roanoke Valley Rebels announced that they were changing their... |
Erie Panthers Erie Panthers The Erie Panthers were a professional hockey team, and one of the founding members in the East Coast Hockey League. Based in Erie, Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1996, they were one of the most prolific teams in the ECHL. The Panthers were known for their ability to score goals quickly and often, as... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
51 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Flint Generals Flint Generals The Flint Generals were a professional ice hockey team based in Flint, Michigan.They were a member of the International Hockey League and played their home games at Perani Arena and Event Center in Flint, Michigan.... |
CoHL | 64 | 39 | 86 | 125 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 62 | 28 | 85 | 113 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 74 | 30 | 66 | 96 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Austin Ice Bats Austin Ice Bats The Austin Ice Bats were a professional minor-league ice hockey team based in Austin, Texas, United States. They played in Austin from 1996 to 2008. Affiliated with the Central Hockey League, the team was named in honor of the Mexican Free-tailed Bats which nest under the Ann W. Richards Congress... |
WPHL Western Professional Hockey League The Western Professional Hockey League is a defunct minor professional ice hockey league.It operated in the United States from 1996 to 2001, with teams in the southern United States, mainly Texas. The league started with six teams in the 1996-1997 season and grew to 18 teams in 1999-2000... |
16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 53 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Flint Generals | UHL | 72 | 21 | 99 | 120 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Flint Generals | UHL | 71 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | ||
| WHL totals | 343 | 186 | 405 | 591 | 126 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 26 | ||||
| CoHL/UHL totals | 396 | 173 | 455 | 628 | 106 | 59 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 8 | ||||