Lakovic also had a stint in acting, landing a small role as Russian ice hockey player Boris Mikhailov in the 2004 Disney biopic Miracle.

Lakovic gained widespread attention on November 23, 1996, when playing in his first, and only, Battle of Alberta game between the Flames and the Edmonton Oilers.

Late in the game, played at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, a drunken fan reached over the glass, dumping his drink on the head of Flames assistant coach Guy Lapointe.

On October 12, 2016, Lakovic publicly announced that he was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and was given only three months to live.

[4] Lakovic was born into a Montenegrin Serb family to parents Spasoje and Marsha, who emigrated from Podgorica.