Dale Hawerchuk

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Position	Center
Shot	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
Pro Clubs	Winnipeg Jets Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Canada
Born	April 4, 1963, Toronto, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	1st overall, 1981 Winnipeg Jets
Pro Career	1981 – 1997
Hall of Fame	2001

Dale Hawerchuk (born April 4, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career Statistics 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

In 1979, Hawerchuk was selected 6th overall by the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He recorded 103 points and was named Rookie-of-the-Year. Hawerchuk was the playoff MVP and led the Royals to the Memorial Cup championship. In his second junior, he scored 81 goals and 183 points and led the Royals to their second consecutive Memorial Cup title. He was named a QMJHL First Team All-Star, the Canadian Major Junior Player-of-the-Year, and Memorial Cup MVP.

The Winnipeg Jets selected Hawerchuk first overall in the 1981 Entry Draft. He took the NHL by storm, and led the Jets to what was at the time the largest single season turn-around in NHL history, a 48-point improvement. He became the youngest NHL player in history to reach 100-points (record broken by Sidney Crosby in 2006), finishing with 103, was named Rookie-of-the-Year, and played in the All-Star Game. Hawerchuk recorded 91 points in his second season, then 100-plus points for five consecutive years, including a career-high 53 goals and 130 points in 1984-85.

During the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk was traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Over the next five years he recorded no fewer than 86 points (except during an injury plagued 1994-95 season). In 1995, he signed with the St. Louis Blues, recording 41 points in 66 games before a trade to the Philadelphia Flyers in March, 1996. He finished the season strongly, scoring 20 points in the season's final 16 games and adding 12 points in the playoffs. The next season, he was plagued by injuries but managed 34 points and played in his fifth All-Star Game. Hawerchuk announced his retirement from the game following the 1996-97 season at age 34. His appearance with the Flyers in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals marked the only time any of his teams advanced past the second round of the playoffs - a fitting end to a remarkable career.

He played for Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup tournament, and won the face-off that led to Canada's second-most famous goal. He was also key to Canada's 1991 Canada Cup victory.

In a poll of NHL general managers during the mid-1980s asking them to select the player they would start a franchise with, Hawerchuk was voted third behind only Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey. He retired with 518 goals, 891 assists and 1,409 points, placing him 17th on the career NHL points list. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

There is a rock band in Quebec of the same name as Hawerchuk called Les Dales Hawerchuk, as a tribute to the hockey player, and released an album in 2005 of the same name, with the image of Hawerchuk in a retro Winnipeg Jets jersey as the cover art.

[edit] Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979-80	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL		72	37	66	103	21		18	20	25	45	0
1980-81	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL		72	81	102	183	69		19	15	20	35	8
1981-82	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	45	58	103	47		4	1	7	8	5
1982-83	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		79	40	51	91	31		3	1	4	5	8
1983-84	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	37	65	102	73		3	1	1	2	0
1984-85	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	53	77	130	74		3	2	1	3	4
1985-86	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	46	59	105	44		3	0	3	3	0
1986-87	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	47	53	100	52		10	5	8	13	4
1987-88	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		80	44	77	121	59		5	3	4	7	16
1988-89	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		75	41	55	96	28		--	--	--	--	--
1989-90	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		79	26	55	81	60		7	3	5	8	2
1990-91	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		80	31	58	89	32		6	2	4	6	10
1991-92	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		77	23	75	98	27		7	2	5	7	0
1992-93	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		81	16	80	96	52		8	5	9	14	2
1993-94	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		81	35	51	86	91		7	0	7	7	4
1994-95	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		23	5	11	16	2		2	0	0	0	0
1995-96	St. Louis Blues	NHL		66	13	28	41	22		--	--	--	--	--
1995-96	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		16	4	16	20	4		12	3	6	9	12
1996-97	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		51	12	22	34	32		17	2	5	7	0
QMJHL Totals				144	118	168	286	90		37	35	45	80	8
NHL Totals				1188	518	891	1409	730		97	30	69	99	67

[edit] See also

• Captain (hockey)
• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons
• List of NHL players with 1000 points
• List of NHL players with 500 goals

Preceded by: Doug Wickenheiser	NHL First Overall Draft Pick 1981	Succeeded by: Gord Kluzak
Preceded by: Lucien DeBlois	Winnipeg Jets captains 1984-90 ,with Randy Carlyle & Thomas Steen 1989-90	Succeeded by: Randy Carlyle Thomas Steen
Preceded by: Peter Stastny	Winner of the Calder Trophy 1982	Succeeded by: Steve Larmer
Preceded by: Doug Wickenheiser	CHL Player of the Year 1981	Succeeded by: Dave Simpson

[edit] External links

• Career Stats
• More Career Stats