Harrison Ford helped the Colorado Avalanche win multiple Stanley Cups

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Josh tupper
August 14, 2022 (12:35)

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Many people know the great teams the Colorado Avalanche put together years ago. The likes of Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Milan Hejduk, Adam Foote, Rob Blake, Patrick Roy and so many more made the team extremely successful. But what many people don't know is that 25 years ago, Joe Sakic actually agreed to an offer sheet.

Sakic, who at that time was 28-years-old, received a 3-year contract worth $21,000,000 from the New York Rangers. Sakic agreed to the deal, which provided the Avalanche an opportunity to match. At the time the Rangers were looking to use their superior financial might, by using $15,000,000 in signing bonus money.

While many didn't expect the Avalanche to match, there was surprisingly one reason they were able to match the deal so easily.

A key reason Colorado was able to match the offer was because of the blockbuster success of the film Air Force One. It was produced and co-financed by Beacon Communications, part of the Avs parent company, Ascent. So, Avs fans should thank Harrison Ford today for making it happen

Air Force One went onto do $315,268,353 in worldwide box office revenue allowing the Avs to easily match this deal. Not to mention retaining Sakic allowed the Avs to eventually promote him into the General Manager role once he'd retired.

Thanks to Harrison Ford, the Avs were able to capture 3 more Stanley Cups with Sakic in the organization.