Dale Hunter
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Position | Centre |
Shoots | Left |
Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) |
Pro Clubs | Quebec Nordiques Washington Capitals Colorado Avalanche |
Nationality | Canada |
Born | July 31, 1960, Petrolia, ON, CAN |
NHL Draft | 41st overall, 1979 Quebec Nordiques |
Pro Career | 1980 – 1999 |
Dale Robert Hunter (born July 31, 1960 in Petrolia, Ontario) is a former Canadian ice hockey player.
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[edit] NHL career
Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, Hunter played seven seasons in Quebec before he was traded the Washington Capitals. Dale Hunter served as a captain for the Capitals. He broke the 1000 points barrier (and is the NHL record holder for requiring the most games to do so, at 1308) and played in the NHL All-Star game in 1997. The following year, he led the fourth seeded Capitals to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals, defeating the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, and Buffalo Sabres, but were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in the finals.
[edit] Post-NHL
Hunter's jersey number (#32) was retired by the Capitals on March 11, 2000. During the ceremony, the Capitals awarded Hunter with an authentic penalty box, symbolic of his exceptional amount of time served for penalties. Hunter became the co-owner, president and head coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, which won the 2005 Memorial Cup. On January 1, 2006, Hunter and his brother, fellow former NHLer Mark Hunter, as co-owners of the London Knights, were named to the 2006 Mayor's New Year's Honours List for Sports by the City of London, Ontario. Hunter's older brother Dave Hunter is also a former NHLer. His son Dylan Hunter is a prospect in the Buffalo Sabres system and his son Tucker currently plays for the Knights.
[edit] Notoriety
Hunter achieved notoriety for rough play and committing penalties. He holds one of the NHL's longest suspension records: 21 games for delivering a check to Pierre Turgeon from behind. (See Video) During the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 playoffs between the Capitals and New York Islanders, Hunter turned over the puck to Turgeon in the Capitals zone. Turgeon skated in and scored. After the whistle, Hunter hit Turgeon from behind while he was celebrating. Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit, causing him to miss the following playoff series against the Penguins. Over his NHL career, Hunter has accrued the record for second-highest number of penalty minutes. As of the end of the 2005-06 NHL season, he holds the record for most number of playoff games played without playing for a Stanley Cup-winning team, at 186 games.
His notoriety continued after he stopped playing Hockey. In July of 2006, Hunter was arrested and charged with DUI.[1] In September 2005, Hunter was suspended by the league for 4 games after Hunter sent a player off his bench to initiate a fight in an exhibition game. On January 20, 2006, Hunter was suspended 2 games, and the team was fined $5,000, for Hunter's off ice actions in regards to the Officials. May 2006, Hunter was fined $5,000 by the OHL for criticizing the on ice officials after the Knights were eliminated from the playoffs in 4 straight games. In September 2006, Hunter was suspended by the OHL for 2 regular season games, for sending forward Matt Davis off the bench to engage in a fight during a game.
[edit] Career statistics
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1977-78 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 68 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 115 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||
1978-79 | Sudbury Wolves | OHA | 59 | 42 | 68 | 110 | 188 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 47 | ||
1979-80 | Sudbury Wolves | OHA | 61 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 189 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 45 | ||
1980-81 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 226 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 34 | ||
1981-82 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 22 | 50 | 72 | 272 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 52 | ||
1982-83 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 206 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | ||
1983-84 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 77 | 24 | 55 | 79 | 232 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | ||
1984-85 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 20 | 52 | 72 | 209 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 97 | ||
1985-86 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 80 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 265 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
1986-87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 46 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 135 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 56 | ||
1987-88 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 240 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 98 | ||
1988-89 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 219 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 | ||
1989-90 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 233 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 61 | ||
1990-91 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 76 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 234 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 41 | ||
1991-92 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 80 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 205 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
1992-93 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 84 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 35 | ||
1993-94 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 52 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 131 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||
1994-95 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 101 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | ||
1995-96 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 82 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | ||
1996-97 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 82 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 125 | |||||||
1997-98 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 82 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | ||
1998-99 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 102 | |||||||
1998-99 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | ||
OHA Totals | 188 | 98 | 161 | 259 | 492 | 28 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 124 | ||||
NHL Totals | 1407 | 323 | 697 | 1020 | 3565 | 186 | 42 | 76 | 118 | 729 |
[edit] References
- ^ Kemick, April (2006-08-20). Knights coach charged with drunk driving.
[edit] See also
- Captain (ice hockey)
- List of NHL statistical leaders
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL players with 1000 points
- Notable families in the NHL
- Power forward (ice hockey)
[edit] External links
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- neutral zone hockey ::: dale hunter
- Dale Hunter's career statistics.
- 2006 Mayor's New Year's Honours List
Preceded by Kevin Hatcher |
Washington Capitals captains 1994-99 |
Succeeded by Adam Oates |
Categories: 1960 births | Canadian ice hockey centres | Colorado Avalanche players | Enforcers | Ice hockey personnel from Ontario | Kitchener Rangers alumni | Living people | London Knights coaches | National Hockey League All-Stars | National Hockey League players with retired numbers | People from Lambton County, Ontario | Quebec Nordiques draft picks | Quebec Nordiques players | Sudbury Wolves alumni | Washington Capitals players