Hawerchuk re-wrote the Jets record book before being traded to Buffalo during the 1990 NHL draft. His 1,409 career points rank him 20th in all-time scoring — right below Doug Gilmour, with whom he lifted the ’81 Memorial Cup as a member of the Cornwall Royals, and right above Jari Kurri, beside whom he entered the Hall. … The defenceman got nothin’. 1 pick of that ’81 draft, whose curly locks landed just atop the soon-to-be legendary name stamped on the back of his jersey: “Hawerchuk.”, Hockey lost a great man today. He later underwent a gastrectomy in January to remove his stomach, as well as a tumor and cancerous cells. I'm honoured and I'm very humbled.". Bringing Savard on board helped Hawerchuk and his young teammates grow. “Such a great group at that time.
{* backButton *} “The National Hockey League mourns the passing of Dale Hawerchuk, an instant and enduring star who captured the hearts of two hockey-loving cities, represented his country with class and distinction, and is one of the most decorated players in our game’s history,” read a statement from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Hawerchuk recorded 518 goals and 1,409 points in 1,188 regular-season games (he added 30 more goals and 99 assists in 97 playoff games). “And then he picked up the puck on the other side. He was on NHL teams' radars from his early teens. Dale Hawerchuk, a 2001 Hockey Hall of Famer, has died after a battle with stomach cancer. Hawerchuk, like Lemieux, was a first-overall pick, perceived as a franchise-altering phenom when the Winnipeg Jets drafted him in 1981.
Dale Hawerchuk was a legend who carried himself with humility and grace. {* traditionalSignIn_signInButton *}, {* backButton *} Hawerchuk went to Winnipeg as an 18-year-old and spent nine years there, saying he felt like he grew up in the Manitoba capital. “We were in a rebuilding mode, and he just — he had moves that I had not seen before,” Lukowich says. “His abilities to handle the puck, to be able to move laterally, to be able to stickhandle past defencemen — he had an amazingly quick shot and an amazingly quick slapshot. Dale was quite simply one of the finest human beings we have ever known that also just happened to be a superstar. #HawerchukStrong pic.twitter.com/xZ1xcaqAOv, — Eric Hawerchuk (@EricHawerchuk) August 18, 2020. Lemieux dishing to Wayne Gretzky, and Hawerchuk — ever the crucial gear — tying up Vyacheslav Bykov and sending him tumbling to the ice. Hawerchuk was highly touted coming into junior and was drafted sixth overall by the Cornwall Royals, who then played in the Quebec league but took part in the Ontario draft. “One of the highlights for me in all my time watching drafts,” Dubas said. “There are some players that when they come into the NHL, it’s as if God has reached down and touched them.… Dale was one of those,” Lukowich says. 66 and 99, Hawerchuk braced for puck-drop as the 17,026 in attendance at Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum held their breath. When he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Jets were no more (the team was revived in Winnipeg in 2011). “I remember he came flying down the ice. Hawerchuk, 57, was diagnosed in August, forcing him to take a leave of absence from the Colts.