Dale Tallon
Born	(1950-10-19) October 19, 1950 (age 61) Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Vancouver Canucks Chicago Black Hawks Pittsburgh Penguins
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	2nd overall, 1970 Vancouver Canucks
Playing career	1970–1980

Dale Tallon (born October 19, 1950) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and current General Manager for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He began his career as a junior ice hockey player with the Oshawa Generals and later, the Toronto Marlboros, both of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). Drafted in the first round, second overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, Tallon spent parts of his ten-year NHL career with the Canucks, the Blackhawks, and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tallon is also a distinguished golfer. He won the 1969 Canadian Junior Golf Championship and was formerly the head professional at Highland Park Country Club in Chicago. He also played on the Canadian PGA Tour. He is a member at Conway Farms GC

Playing career[link]

Tallon was the Vancouver Canucks' first-round selection and the second player chosen overall (behind Gilbert Perreault) in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. In his rookie season, he scored 14 goals and led the Canucks with 42 assists. His 17 goals for Vancouver in 1971–72 was a career high. Tallon appeared in the 1971 and 1972 NHL All-Star Games.

In 1972, Tallon was selected to Team Canada's roster for the Summit Series.

Tallon was traded to the Blackhawks on May 14, 1973. His best season in Chicago was in 1975–76, when he scored 15 goals and had a team-high and career-high 47 assists. In five seasons with the Blackhawks, he scored 44 goals and added 112 assists. On October 9, 1978, Tallon was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round choice in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons with the Penguins, scoring 10 goals with 33 assists.

In his ten-season injury-plagued NHL career, Tallon scored 98 goals and had 238 assists for 336 points in 642 games played. He retired following the 1979–80 NHL season, after which he went to work for the Blackhawks as a broadcaster. Tallon spent 16 seasons as an analyst for Blackhawks radio and television broadcasts. Tallon also served the same role in the 2002–03 NHL season, between his two stints in the Blackhawks front office.

Front office[link]

Chicago Blackhawks tenure

Tallon was named the eighth general manager of the Blackhawks on June 21, 2005. Tallon had served as the assistant general manager since November 5, 2003, assisting then general manager Bob Pulford. Tallon had previously served as the director of player personnel for the Blackhawks from 1998 to 2002.

Tallon's first season as the Blackhawks general manager was a busy one. The 2004–05 NHL season was lost to a labor dispute, and the new collective bargaining agreement between the owners and players was signed in July 2005. Between the new financial structure and many rules changes intended to produce a higher scoring game, Tallon was challenged to build a new team. Tallon signed many free agents, including Nikolai Khabibulin,^[1] Adrian Aucoin,^[2] and Martin Lapointe,^[3] which led to raised expectations. The Blackhawks finished Tallon's first season with 26 wins, 43 losses, and 13 overtime losses, for 65 points, ranking the Blackhawks 14th in the 15-team Western Conference, and with the third least points in the NHL.

He has since turned the Blackhawk franchise around by drafting young talents Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and with the acquisitions of Patrick Sharp and Kris Versteeg, among others. He has also brought in free-agent defenseman Brian Campbell to improve the team's powerplay. For the 2008-2009 season, the Blackhawks finished the season with a 46-24-12 record for 104 points to finish 4th in the 15 team Western Conference. The team made it to the Western Conference Finals, where they were eliminated in 5 games by the Detroit Red Wings, which then went on to lose in the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Since then, Tallon has added to the team by signing star winger Marián Hossa and Selke Award-winner John Madden.

In early July, Tallon and the Blackhawks management came under fire when the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) claimed the team did not submit offers to their restricted free agents before the deadline.^[4] In the worst case scenario, the team's unsigned restricted free agents at the time, including Calder Memorial Trophy finalist Kris Versteeg, would have become unrestricted free agents.^[4] Tallon was able to sign Versteeg and all of their restricted free agents to resolve the situation, although at a cost of millions.^[5]

On July 14, 2009, the Blackhawks demoted Tallon to the position of Senior Advisor. Stan Bowman, son of Scotty Bowman, was promoted to general manager.^[6] The following day, Martin Havlat, who played for the Blackhawks during the previous season, criticized the team's management and defended Tallon.^[7] He stated, "Every single player on that team is with Dale. I still talk to the guys all the time, hockey players know a phony when they see one."^[7] He specifically berated John McDonough, the team's president, commenting "McDonough couldn't stand that Dale was so successful and getting the credit for building the Hawks from a last place team to making the Conference Finals in 3 short years."^[7]

The Hawks went on the win the Stanley Cup in June 2010. In September, it was revealed that Tallon's name had been engraved on the Cup.^[8] He received his Stanley Cup ring on his 60th birthday.

Florida Panthers tenure

Tallon was hired on 17 May 2010, by the Florida Panthers as General Manager, replacing Randy Sexton.^[9] After rebuilding the team's roster in the 2011 off-season, Tallon's personnel changes led to the Panthers winning their first Southeast Division title in the franchise's history. As a result of the leading the team to their first playoff appearance in twelve years, Tallon was nominated for the 2012 NHL General Manager of the Year Award.

Awards[link]

• 1971 – Played in NHL All-Star Game
• 1972 – Played in NHL All-Star Game

Career statistics[link]

References[link]

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=5702879&campaign=rss&source=NHLHeadlines

External links[link]

• Dale Tallon's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Dale Tallon's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Dale Tallon's NHL player profile

Robert James Schmautz (born March 28, 1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Schmautz started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1968. Schmautz would also play for the Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Rockies, and Edmonton Oilers.

External links[link]

• Bobby Schmautz's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

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Erik Gudbranson
With the Panthers in 2012.
Born	(1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 (age 20) Orleans, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Florida Panthers
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 2010 Florida Panthers
Playing career	2011–present

Medal record
Erik Gudbranson
Competitor for Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver	2011 USA
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold	2009 Slovakia

Erik Gudbranson (born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. He was selected third overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career[link]

Junior hockey[link]

Gudbranson grew up playing minor hockey for the Gloucester Rangers AA rep teams in the ODHA before playing AAA Minor Midget in the OEMHL with the Ottawa Jr. 67's.

Gudbranson was drafted by the Kingston Frontenacs in the first round, fourth overall in the 2008 OHL Priority Selection.

In his rookie season with Kingston in 2008–09, Gudbranson had three goals and 22 points in 63 games with the rebuilding Frontenacs, who failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Gudbranson then missed 27 games due to mononucleosis in the 2009–10 season, as he appeared in 41 games with the Frontenacs, scoring two goals and 23 points. In the playoffs, Gudbranson had a goal and two assists in seven games as Kingston lost to the Brampton Battalion in the first round of the playoffs. After the season, Gudbranson was awarded the Bobby Smith Trophy, which is an award that is named to the OHL Scholastic Player of the Year.^[1]

Professional career[link]

Gudbranson made the Florida Panthers team for the 2011-12 NHL season and made his NHL debut against the New York Islanders on October 8, 2011. He picked up his first point of his NHL career on December 2, 2011, against the Los Angeles Kings with an assist. Gudbranson scored his first NHL goal on December 11, 2011 in a 6-1 loss against the New York Rangers.

Personal[link]

Gudbranson's younger brother Alex was selected by the Kingston Frontenacs in the first round of the 2010 OHL Priority Selection Draft.^[2] Gudbranson's youngest brother, Dennis is a leukemia survivor.^[1]

Awards and honours[link]

• Invited to take part in Canada’s 2011 National Junior Team selection camp.^[3] Gudbranson was eventually named to the team. He helped Canada win the silver medal in the World Juniors Championship in 2010/2011.

Career statistics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Erik Gudbranson's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
• Erik Gudbranson's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Erik Gudbranson player profile on the Ontario Hockey League site

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Pat Foley (born 1954)^[1] is the television play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

A native of Glenview, Illinois, Foley graduated from Loyola Academy and received a degree in telecommunications from Michigan State University. He joined the Blackhawks' broadcasting crew at the age of 26 after calling games for the now-defunct Grand Rapids Owls of the International Hockey League, and he quickly became recognized as the "Voice of the Blackhawks." In 1991, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Live Sports Program, and in 2001, he was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, joining such local legends as Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray. From 1995 to 1998, he called NHL games on Fox-TV.

In May 2006, the Blackhawks organization made the controversial decision to withdraw their contract offer to the popular Foley, citing unspecified "personal" reasons. The team also ended their simulcasts, replacing Foley on radio with former New York Islanders broadcaster John Wiedeman and on television with former Columbus Blue Jackets voice, Dan Kelly, Jr..

On September 12, 2006, the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League named Foley their cable television play-by-play announcer for the 2006–07 season. The broadcasts were also simulcast over the internet, and on a radio station available only in the arena. Foley teamed with Bill Gardner, who was once his partner on Blackhawks broadcasts.

On June 16, 2008, the Blackhawks announced Foley's return as their television play-by-play announcer.^[2] He is usually joined in the booth by analyst Ed Olczyk. On occasions where Olczyk covers national telecasts for Versus or NBC, studio analyst Steve Konroyd provides color commentary.^[3]

Foley recorded a recreated call of Patrick Kane's Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal, which was played at the celebration of the Blackhawks' first Cup win in 49 years.

On December 30, 2010, it was announced that Foley and Olczyk signed a three-year extension to stay with the Blackhawks.

Foley was the announcer in Midway's arcade game 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge.

References[link]