Position | Centre |
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Played for | Winnipeg Jets Buffalo Sabres St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers |
Shot | Left |
Height ft | 5 |
Height in | 11 |
Weight lb | 185 |
Ntl team | CAN |
Birth date | April 04, 1963 |
Birth place | Toronto, ON, CAN |
Draft | 1st overall |
Draft year | 1981 |
Draft team | Winnipeg Jets |
Career start | 1981 |
Career end | 1997 |
Halloffame | 2001 |
The Winnipeg Jets selected Hawerchuk first overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, ahead of fellow future Hall of Famers Ron Francis and Grant Fuhr. Hawerchuk immediately became Winnipeg's star attraction, leading 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 (a record since broken by Sidney Crosby in 2006), finishing with 103, and winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year. He also played in that season's All-Star Game. Hawerchuk recorded 91 points in his second season, then hit the 100-plus point plateau for the next five consecutive years, including a career-high 53 goals and 130 points in 1984–85.
During the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk was involved in a blockbuster trade. Along with Winnipeg's 1st round choice (Brad May) in the draft, he was dealt to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Phil Housley, Scott Arniel, Jeff Parker and Buffalo's 1st round choice (Keith Tkachuk). Over the next four years he recorded no fewer than 86 points. His point totals fell off during an injury plagued and lockout shortened 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.
He played for Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup tournament, and had a goal and two assists in the decisive third game of the Finals against the Soviets. Late in the third period, he won the face-off that led to Canada's second-most famous goal and tied up with the Russian player who tried to check Mario Lemieux at centre ice, allowing Lemieux to take Gretzky's pass in the slot for the series winner. He was named Canada's MVP for that decisive game. Commentators remarked on his ability in the series to switch from being a goal scorer to a mucker and grinder. Hawerchuk 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.
The Phoenix Coyotes (successor to the Jets) retired Hawerchuk's #10 during the 2006-07 NHL season.
Hawerchuk was known as "Ducky" to his teammates Parents are Orest Hawerchuk and Eleanor Mitchell. Dale has been quoted that he is "proud to say that I am of Ukrainian origin."
rowspan="2" | Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|Regular season !! colspan="1"|Post season | |||||||
! G !! W !! L !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! Result | ||||||||
Barrie Colts>BAR | 2010–11 OHL season>2010–11 | 68 | 15| | 49 | 4 | 34 | 5th in Central | Missed playoffs |
Category:1963 births Category:Buffalo Sabres players Category:Calder Trophy winners Category:Canadian ice hockey centres Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Category:Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) alumni Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario Category:Living people Category:National Hockey League All-Stars Category:National Hockey League first overall draft picks Category:National Hockey League first round draft picks Category:National Hockey League players with 50 goal seasons Category:National Hockey League players with 100 point seasons Category:People from Toronto Category:Philadelphia Flyers players Category:St. Louis Blues players Category:Winnipeg Jets (1972–96) captains Category:Winnipeg Jets (1979–96) draft picks Category:Winnipeg Jets (1979–96) players
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