Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Most Underrated Hockey Player of All Time

Dale @ HockeyDB.com

Dale @ Wikipedia
  • Rookie-of-the-Year (QMJHL) Winner (1980)
  • Playoff MVP (QMJHL) (1980)
  • QMJHL Championships (1980 & 1981)
  • Memorial Cup Championships (1980 & 1981)
  • Memorial Cup All-Star First Team (1980 & 1981)
  • QMJHL Scoring Champion (1981)
  • QMJHL First Team All-Star (1981)
  • QMJHL Player of Year (1981)
  • QMJHL MVP (1981)
  • Memorial Cup MVP (1981)
  • Canadian Major-Junior Player of Year (1981)
  • Played in NHL All-Star game 5 Times
  • Calder Memorial Trophy Winner (1982)
  • World Championships Bronze Medalists (1982 & 1986)
  • World Championships Silver Medalist (1989)
  • NHL Second Team All-Star Centre (1985)
  • Canada Cup Championships (1987 & 1991)
  • Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001
  • “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

There is a rock band in Quebec of the same name as Hawerchuk called Les Dales Hawerchuk, as a tribute to the hockey player, and released an album in 2005 of the same name, with the image of Hawerchuk in a retro Winnipeg Jets jersey as the cover art.