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

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 Stafford
Smythe Memorial Trophy|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 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, 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 (hockey)|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 Canadian national men's hockey
team|Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup
(hockey)|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
(hockey)|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 10th on the career NHL points
list.  He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of
Fame in 2001.

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