'He has won virtually his entire life. He famously pitched his Trumbull, Conn., baseball team to the Little League World Series title. He won an NCAA hockey championship with Boston University as a freshman and the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top collegiate player as a senior. He was the NHL's rookie of the year in 1999. He hoisted a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001 – the year the Sabres last reached the playoffs.'