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The Hockey Card Report

Nordiques and were a young team composed
By Bennett Harty
of stars like Joe and Mats Sundin. Of course,
Joe was a regular at the event, participating 13
times, wining MVP in 2004, and captaining two
of the various All-Star teams he played on. Joe
also has recorded the most assists all-time at the
event with 16. He is also 3 in points at the All-
Star game behind the great Mario Lemieux and
Wayne Gretzky. Of course, the All-Star game and
the NHL have come a long way – in the past, the
game had regular period lengths and only included
the Wales and Campbells conferences. Now, after
multiple changes, the NHL uses a 3 on 3 format in
which the four divisions’ best players compete for
the grand prize of 1 million dollars to split.
or this month’s edition of the Hockey Card
FReport, we will look at the great Joe Sakic. The card that is featured is also from UD
“Burnaby Joe” is an NHL all-time great who’s Hockey Cards’ first year. The set featured many of
accumulated 2 Stanley Cups with the Colorado the cards you can hit today, such as Young Guns
Avalanche and a Hart Memorial Award. Joe is also and All-Star base parallels.
known as one of the greatest captains of all time, Joe now lives in Colorado and is the GM of one
being the leader of a powerhouse Avalanche in the
of the NHL’s premier franchises as the Avalanche
late 90s and early 2000s.
are a favourite to win the cup with players like That’s it for this month’s edition of the hockey
This card pictures Joe at his first-ever All-Star Nathan Mackinnon and Cale Makar leading the card report. Make sure you stay safe and keep your
game. At the time, the Avalanche were the Quebec charge. stick on the ice!

the Fountain of Youth. Their eyes Interestingly, their curiosity
“Livin’ The Dream” may not be as clear, but they have a appears to be insatiable. They are
Senior Tips... noticeable brightness. Their hearing eager to share their explorations into
might not be as good as it once was,
the world. They are curious about
but their listening is as strong as ever world events, as well as the natural
changes as the years add up. This sags - or stronger. They are noticeably world. They try to wrap their heads
just a bit and that shifts from hither to attentive and eager to learn. They around digital currency or galaxies
yonder. We make jokes about ‘aging remain interested. Oh, not necessarily far, far away. They never seemed
like fine wine’. We diet and exercise in everything, but in a lot. They to lose their ability to be amazed
and try this serum or that cream - even somehow never lost their childlike and their willingness to explore the
that ‘procedure’ – always in the vain curiosity. A lifetime of experiences mysteries of it all. They are savvy
attempt to capture our lost bloom.
and inevitable disappointments have Googlers!
And we finally accept that all people not dampened their willingness to So how can one find the Fountain
get old, no matter how hard they try be amazed. They attract children and of Youth? It isn’t scientific and it
to turn back the clock. But then we young people not only because of their isn’t expensive. It doesn’t hurt a
become aware that this one or that one willingness to listen to the concerns of bit. Just tap into the inner child, the
seems to remain forever youthful. Not the young and to share their wisdom one who has always lurked there just
By Janeen Wagemans physically, of course. On the outside, with them, but also because of their hoping to be let loose.
they are almost indistinguishable from willingness to listen and learn from the
he search for the Fountain of their age mates. They move as slowly, young about the world as it changes Just think…it might even be
TYouth is the stuff of legends, but and with the same hesitation on uneven and evolves into the future. Sure, they a curious senior who will finally
also the basis of a massive industry ground. They need the television to be can reminisce about the way things manage to solve the great mystery of
worth billions worldwide. Youth is as loud. Their hair is as thin and wispy. were “back in the day” and are as physical aging. But in the meantime,
the best we can do is nurture that
never valued when we have it yet Yet a few seem to have discovered wistful about what has been lost as
treasured when it has passed us by. We something quite closely resembling the rest of us, but they are also excited curious child within each of us.
notice with dismay, the incremental about the road ahead. And then have a nap.