One of the key people responsible for Joe Sakic wearing a Swift Current Broncos uniform was Lorne Frey.
The Kelowna Rockets director of player personnel was the Broncos assistant coach at the time, and recalls meeting a young 17 year-old Joe Sakic and trying to persuade him to play.
"Initially he wasn't coming to Swift Current. I think he was playing in the Under 17 deal in Camrose Alberta, so I took a trip out there and was able to meet with him for two or three days. After that meeting, he came out to Swift Current to have a look. Three weeks later he called me and said he would come play with us that season."
Sakic would go on to score 60 goals in his first year in the W.H.L.
The Kelowna Rockets director of player personnel was the Broncos assistant coach at the time, and recalls meeting a young 17 year-old Joe Sakic and trying to persuade him to play.
"Initially he wasn't coming to Swift Current. I think he was playing in the Under 17 deal in Camrose Alberta, so I took a trip out there and was able to meet with him for two or three days. After that meeting, he came out to Swift Current to have a look. Three weeks later he called me and said he would come play with us that season."
Sakic would go on to score 60 goals in his first year in the W.H.L.
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