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Found October 06, 2011 on Pro Sports Daily: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Joe Sacco,  Adam Foote,  Joe Sakic
TEAMS: Colorado Avalanche,  Detroit Red Wings
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The Colorado Avalanche will not have a captain in time for the start of their 2011-12 campaign.Coach Joe Sacco suggested the team may select a player to wear the "C" at some point during the season, but would not commit to doing so. He added that there is no timetable on when the club will pick a captain.Adam Foote and Joe Sakic are the only two men to serve as captain since the franchise relocated from Quebec City to Denver in the mid-1990s.Colorado opens its regular season Saturday night at home against the Detroit Red Wings.
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