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Dave Hunter

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1958 in Petrolia, Ontario

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 21 EDO WHA 72 7 25 32 11 7 134 7 0 0 71 9.9
1979-80 22 EDM NHL 80 12 31 43 15 7 103 9 1 2 3 109 11.0
1980-81 23 EDM NHL 78 12 16 28 11 -12 98 12 0 0 3 104 11.5
1981-82 24 EDM NHL 63 16 22 38 15 33 63 16 0 0 3 124 12.9
1982-83 25 EDM NHL 80 13 18 31 12 12 120 12 0 1 0 113 11.5
1983-84 26 EDM NHL 80 22 26 48 19 25 90 20 1 1 3 117 18.8
1984-85 27 EDM NHL 80 17 19 36 14 -1 122 15 1 1 1 119 14.3
1985-86 28 EDM NHL 62 15 22 37 14 37 77 15 0 0 1 110 13.6
1986-87 29 EDM NHL 77 6 9 15 6 1 79 5 0 1 1 84 7.1
1987-88 30 TOT NHL 80 14 21 35 13 9 83 12 0 2 1 133 10.5
1987-88 30 EDM NHL 21 3 3 6 2 1 6 3 0 0 0 18 16.7
1987-88 30 PIT NHL 59 11 18 29 11 8 77 9 0 2 1 115 9.6
1988-89 31 TOT NHL 66 6 6 12 5 -8 83 5 0 1 0 87 6.9
1988-89 31 WIN NHL 34 3 1 4 2 -3 61 2 0 1 0 43 7.0
1988-89 31 EDM NHL 32 3 5 8 3 -5 22 3 0 0 0 44 6.8
Career NHL 746 133 190 323 124 103 918 121 3 9 16 1100 12.1
Career WHA 72 7 25 32 11 7 134 7 0 0 71 9.9

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1978-79 21 EDO WHA 72 0.10 0.35 0.44 0.15 1.86 0.99 7
1979-80 22 EDM NHL 80 0.15 0.39 0.54 0.19 1.29 1.36 10 26 36 13 71 3 78 17 7 1.0 1.1 2.1
1980-81 23 EDM NHL 78 0.15 0.21 0.36 0.14 1.26 1.33 9 12 21 8 51 1 91 29 -12 -0.4 0.6 0.2
1981-82 24 EDM NHL 63 0.25 0.35 0.60 0.23 1.00 1.97 12 16 28 11 72 7 47 15 33 1.0 1.2 2.2
1982-83 25 EDM NHL 80 0.16 0.23 0.39 0.15 1.50 1.41 10 15 25 10 59 1 67 21 12 0.0 0.6 0.7
1983-84 26 EDM NHL 80 0.28 0.33 0.60 0.24 1.13 1.46 17 21 38 15 75 3 67 20 25 1.8 0.9 2.6
1984-85 27 EDM NHL 80 0.21 0.24 0.45 0.18 1.53 1.49 13 15 28 11 51 2 68 18 -1 0.6 0.4 1.0
1985-86 28 EDM NHL 62 0.24 0.35 0.60 0.22 1.24 1.77 12 17 29 11 69 0 45 13 37 1.1 1.2 2.2
1986-87 29 EDM NHL 77 0.08 0.12 0.19 0.07 1.03 1.09 5 8 13 5 32 0 53 22 1 -1.4 0.5 -0.9
1987-88 30 TOT NHL 80 0.18 0.26 0.44 0.17 1.04 1.66 11 17 28 11 58 2 100 53 9 0.6 1.0 1.6
1987-88 30 EDM NHL 21 0.14 0.14 0.29 0.12 0.29 0.86 2 2 4 2 8 0 15 8 1 -0.1 0.2 0.0
1987-88 30 PIT NHL 59 0.19 0.31 0.49 0.19 1.31 1.95 9 15 24 9 50 2 85 45 8 0.7 0.8 1.6
1988-89 31 TOT NHL 66 0.09 0.09 0.18 0.07 1.26 1.32 4 5 9 4 21 0 48 19 -8 -1.3 0.6 -0.6
1988-89 31 WIN NHL 34 0.09 0.03 0.12 0.06 1.79 1.26 2 1 3 1 9 0 18 6 -3 -0.8 0.4 -0.4
1988-89 31 EDM NHL 32 0.09 0.16 0.25 0.09 0.69 1.38 2 4 6 2 12 0 30 13 -5 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
Career NHL 746 0.18 0.25 0.43 0.17 1.23 1.47 103 152 255 98 559 19 664 227 103 3.0 8.2 11.1
Career WHA 72 0.10 0.35 0.44 0.15 1.86 0.99 7

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 21 EDO WHA 13 2 3 5 -2 42 0
1979-80 22 EDM NHL 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
1980-81 23 EDM NHL 9 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0
1981-82 24 EDM NHL 5 0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0
1982-83 25 EDM NHL 16 4 7 11 60 4 0 0 0
1983-84 26 EDM NHL SC 17 5 5 10 10 14 3 1 1 0 25 20.0
1984-85 27 EDM NHL SC 18 2 5 7 5 33 2 0 0 0 31 6.5
1985-86 28 EDM NHL 10 2 3 5 7 23 2 0 0 0 18 11.1
1986-87 29 EDM NHL SC 21 3 3 6 4 20 3 0 0 0 27 11.1
1988-89 31 EDM NHL 6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Career NHL 3 105 16 24 40 24 211 14 1 1 0 106 11.3
Career WHA 13 2 3 5 -2 42 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 53 7 21 28 117
1976-77 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 62 30 56 86 140
1976-77 19 Canada WJC-A 7 6 2 8 2
1977-78 20 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 68 44 44 88 156
1978-79 21 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 6 3 4 7 6
Career 1 Season CHL 6 3 4 7 6
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 183 81 121 202 413
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 6 2 8 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 17 0 9 9 53
1976-77 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 6 1 3 4 9
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 23 1 12 13 62

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dave Hunter 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.2 -0.6 -0.9
Garry Monahan 81.8 3.1 2.8 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.3 0.6 -0.1 -0.5 -1.5
Armand Mondou 81.1 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2
Kirk Maltby 81.0 3.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 -0.5 -0.8
Jeff Shantz 80.6 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.9
Rich Sutter 80.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 -0.1 -0.1
Manny Malhotra 79.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.3 -0.5
Bill Lindsay 79.7 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Shjon Podein 79.5 2.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Chris Neil 79.0 3.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 -0.2
Doug Jarvis 78.7 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Dave Hunter 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.2 -0.6 -0.9
Jeff Shantz 80.6 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.9
Chris Neil 79.0 3.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 -0.2
Rey Comeau 77.9 3.3 2.6 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1
Shjon Podein 76.9 2.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Murray Wilson 76.9 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.2 -0.4
Paul Gaustad 75.7 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 0.0
Doug Jarvis 75.6 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0
Patrik Stefan 75.5 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.7
Bill Lindsay 75.1 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5
Armand Mondou 75.1 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

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1984 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1985 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)

Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1987-88 NHL 80 (1)

Plus/Minus

1985-86 NHL 37 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1987-88 NHL 53 (4)
      

Transactions

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June, 1978: Signed as an underage free agent by Edmonton (WHA), June, 1978.

June 13, 1979: Claimed by Edmonton from Montreal in Expansion Draft, June 13, 1979.

November 24, 1987: Traded to Pittsburgh by Edmonton with Paul Coffey and Wayne Van Dorp for Craig Simpson, Dave Hannan, Moe Mantha and Chris Joseph, November 24, 1987.

October 3, 1988: Transferred to Edmonton by Pittsburgh as compensation for Pittsburgh's claiming Dave Hannan in Waiver Draft, October 3, 1988.

October 3, 1988: Claimed by Winnipeg from Edmonton in Waiver Draft, October 3, 1988.

January 14, 1989: Claimed on waivers by Edmonton from Winnipeg, January 14, 1989.

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