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| 1979 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dale Hunter
Selected in second round
No.
41 overall by Quebec Nordiques
Born July 31,
1960
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Center
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Sudbury (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Petrolia, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Oil Springs, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Strathroy | Jr. B |
42 | 25 |
30 | 55 |
-- | | 1977-78 |
Kitchener | OMJHL |
68 | 22 |
42 | 64 |
115 | | 1978-79 |
Sudbury | OMJHL |
59 | 42 |
68 | 110 |
188 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 12 prospect (among underage juniors) for the 1979 NHL draft. ... Was
Kitchener's fourth pick in 1977 OMJHL midget draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9, 1980 (Quebec at Calgary)
Numbers:
32 (Quebec/Colorado); 32 (Washington) (number retired)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired July 29, 1999 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G | A |
TP | PIM |
| 1980-1999 | Quebec/Colo., Wash. |
1,407 | 323 |
697 | 1,020 |
3,565 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1981-1999 |
Quebec/Colo., Wash. | 186 |
42 | 76 |
118 | 729 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1997 (Washington)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1998 (Washington)
Washington Captain:
Sept. 29, 1994, until March 23, 1999
NHL Records: Most career playoff penalty minutes (729), most games
played in playoffs without ever winning the Stanley Cup (186)
Quebec/Colorado Records: Most career penalty minutes (1,562), most
career playoff penalty minutes (357), most consecutive games played (312)
Washington Records:
Most career penalty minutes (2,003), most career playoff games (100, tie),
most career playoff points (72), most career playoff assists (47), most career
playoff penalty minutes (372), most penalty minutes in one playoff year (98 in
1998)
NHL Playoffs Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1985 (Quebec) (97 PIM)
Quebec Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1980-81 (226),
1981-82 (272), 1982-83 (206), 1983-84 (232), 1984-85 (209), 1985-86 (265)
Quebec Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (4, tie)
Quebec/Colorado Playoffs
Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1981 (34), 1982 (52), 1985 (97), 1983 (24), 1999
(38)
Washington Assists Leader: 1992-93 (59)
Washington Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1987-88
(240)
Wash. Playoffs Points Leader: 1991 (10), 1993 (8), 1995 (8,
tie)
Washington Playoffs Goals Leader: 1988 (7), 1993 (7)
Washington Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1991 (9)
Washington Playoffs PIM Leader: 1988 (98), 1989 (27), 1993 (35), 1996
(24)
Coaching Career: Named Washington player development instructor
upon his retirement on July 29, 1999, and remained in that position until May
2000.
Miscellaneous: Wore No. 23 in Quebec's 1979 training camp. ... Had two assists in first NHL game. ...
Suspended three games by NHL in March 1984. ... Played on line with Michel
Goulet for Quebec from 1980-81 through 1986-87. ... Was first player in
Quebec/Colorado franchise history to record 1,000 career penalty minutes,
which he achieved during 1984-85 season. ... Missed part of 1985 playoffs with
hand infection, suffered during Quebec's April 21, 1985, second-round playoff
game at Montreal. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season with fractured left ankle,
an injury suffered when his skate got caught in a rut on the ice after
checking Petr Svoboda during Quebec's Nov. 25, 1986, game at Montreal. ..
Missed part of Washington's 1988 training camp with broken thumb, an injury
suffered when he was slashed by Dave Brown during Washington's Sept. 24, 1988,
preseason game vs. Philadelphia. ... Suspended by NHL for four games during
1990-91 season for elbowing Gord Murphy during Washington's Feb. 10, 1991,
game vs. Philadelphia. ... Was first player in Washington Capitals history to
play his 1,000th NHL game in a Capitals uniform, a feat he achieved on April
12, 1993, in Montreal. ... Missed start of 1993-94 season while serving
21-game suspension for blindside check on Pierre Turgeon during Washington's
April 26, 1993, playoff game at N.Y. Islanders. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with damaged MCL in knee, an injury suffered during Washington's Nov.
26, 1993, game vs. Pittsburgh. ... Missed part of 1995 season with bruised
left knee, suffered during Washington's Feb. 13, 1995, game at Philadelphia.
... Was first player in NHL history to score 300 goals and total 3,000 penalty
minutes, a feat he achieved with career goal No. 300 during Washington's Oct.
12, 1996, game vs. Los Angeles. ... Missed
playoffs only once during his NHL career (1997 with Washington). ... Washington retired Hunter's No. 32 on
March 11, 2000.
Hunter's
Record Suspension: Hunter made headlines throughout the hockey world on
May 4, 1993, when he received what up to that time was the longest suspension
in NHL history. Hunter was punished for hitting N.Y. Islanders star Pierre
Turgeon from behind after a stoppage of play during Game 6 of Washington's
1993 first-round playoff series vs. N.Y. Islanders on April 28, 1993. Hunter
slammed Turgeon into the boards from behind after Turgeon made it 5-1 at 11:29
of the third period during the Islanders' 5-3 series-clinching victory. Hunter
claimed he did not know that the puck had gone into the net and play had
stopped, but the NHL and virtually everyone else who saw the game disagreed,
arguing that Hunter had deliberately targeted the Islanders' best player.
Turgeon suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out of the Patrick Division
final series vs. Pittsburgh. In his first discipline-related ruling as NHL
commissioner, Gary Bettman gave Hunter a record 21-game suspension, breaking
the mark of 20 games given to Tom Lysiak in 1983. Hunter was barred from
Washington's 1993 training camp, all nine preseason games and the first 21
regular-season games, which amounted to 25 percent of an 84-game schedule.
Hunter was also prohibited from working out with teammates until two weeks
prior to his scheduled return, and all of his salary during that time period
-- approximately $150,000 -- was withheld from him. The money was instead
donated to the league's Emergency Assistance Fund. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Sudbury (OMJHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 2005 (London) (as president
and head coach)
Coaching Career: Named London (OHL) head coach on
Nov. 7, 2001, and remained in that position through 2004-05 season.
Management
Career: Purchased London (OHL) franchise along with his brother Mark in
May 2000. Became organization's president and governor prior to 2000-01
season and remained in that position through 2004-05 season.
Miscellaneous: Was on Washington
team that held 1989 training camp in Sweden before joining Calgary for 1989
NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union. The Capitals faced four Soviet teams on
the tour. ... Worked on family farm in Oil Springs, Ontario, during
off-seasons of his playing days. ... Was active in raising horses during
off-seasons of his playing days. ... Played in Heroes of Hockey Game during
NHL All-Star Weekend in 2001.
Personal: Full name is Dale Robert
Hunter. ... Son of longtime minor-hockey coach Dick Hunter. ...
Younger brother of former NHL
player Dave Hunter. ... Older brother of former NHL player Mark Hunter. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Quebec traded Hunter and Clint
Malarchuk to Washington for Gaetan Duchesne, Alan Haworth and 1987 first-round
pick (Joe Sakic) on June 13, 1987. Nearly 12 years later, the Quebec
franchise, which had since moved to Colorado, got Hunter back from Washington
along with 2000 third-round pick (Sergei Kliazmine) for Vancouver's 1999
second-round pick (Charlie Stephens) on March 23, 1999. The deal was made
because Hunter was about to be an unrestricted free agent. |
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SNAPSHOT '79 | | Total Selected: |
126 | | Forwards: |
74 | | Defense: |
41 | | Goaltenders: |
11 | | Major Junior: |
97 | | College Players: |
15 |
| Canadian: |
109 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
10 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
23 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
23 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
10 |
| Olympians: |
15 |
| Picks Traded: |
17 |
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