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Dale Hunter

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: July 31, 1960 in Petrolia, Ontario

Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 2nd round (41st overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
32
Quebec Nordiques
1981-1987		 32
Washington Capitals
1988-1994		 32
Washington Capitals
1999		 32
Colorado Avalanche
1999

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 19 44 63 0.79 23 0.28 83 9 107 38 5 226 17 2 0 2 152 1.90 12.5
1981-82 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 22 50 72 0.90 26 0.32 95 9 96 36 26 272 20 0 2 1 124 1.55 17.7
1982-83 22 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 17 46 63 0.79 22 0.28 92 4 122 44 10 206 14 1 2 1 125 1.56 13.6
1983-84 23 Quebec Nordiques NHL 77 24 55 79 1.03 28 0.37 108 20 76 23 35 232 15 7 2 1 123 1.60 19.5
1984-85 24 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 20 52 72 0.90 25 0.31 104 21 87 27 23 209 14 3 3 3 115 1.44 17.4
1985-86 25 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 28 42 70 0.88 26 0.33 98 23 84 15 6 265 21 7 0 4 152 1.90 18.4
1986-87 26 Quebec Nordiques NHL 46 10 29 39 0.85 13 0.29 61 14 52 9 4 135 10 0 0 0 53 1.15 18.9
1987-88 27 Washington Capitals NHL 79 22 37 59 0.75 22 0.28 109 54 56 8 7 240 11 11 0 1 126 1.59 17.5
1988-89 28 Washington Capitals NHL 80 20 37 57 0.71 21 0.26 95 46 58 6 -3 219 11 9 0 3 138 1.73 14.5
1989-90 29 Washington Capitals NHL 80 23 39 62 0.78 23 0.29 104 37 52 2 17 233 13 9 1 6 123 1.54 18.7
1990-91 30 Washington Capitals NHL 76 16 30 46 0.61 17 0.22 71 31 63 1 -22 234 7 9 0 2 106 1.39 15.1
1991-92 31 Washington Capitals NHL 80 28 50 78 0.98 29 0.36 124 53 75 2 -2 205 15 13 0 4 110 1.38 25.5
1992-93 32 Washington Capitals NHL 84 20 59 79 0.94 27 0.32 109 50 58 2 3 198 10 10 0 2 120 1.43 16.7
1993-94 33 Washington Capitals NHL 52 9 29 38 0.73 13 0.25 58 16 51 5 -4 131 8 1 0 1 61 1.17 14.8
1994-95 34 Washington Capitals NHL 45 8 15 23 0.51 8 0.18 36 13 27 0 -4 101 5 3 0 1 73 1.62 11.0
1995-96 35 Washington Capitals NHL 82 13 24 37 0.45 13 0.16 48 15 29 1 5 112 9 4 0 3 128 1.56 10.2
1996-97 36 Washington Capitals NHL 82 14 32 46 0.56 17 0.21 63 18 47 0 -2 125 11 3 0 5 110 1.34 12.7
1997-98 37 Washington Capitals NHL 82 8 18 26 0.32 9 0.11 38 2 42 7 1 103 8 0 0 1 82 1.00 9.8
1998-99 38 2 Teams NHL 62 2 9 11 0.18 4 0.06 19 3 28 5 -7 119 2 0 0 0 24 0.39 8.3 563 9:05
1998-99 38 Washington Capitals NHL 50 0 5 5 0.10 2 0.03 10 0 21 4 -7 102 0 0 0 0 18 0.36 0.0 435 8:42
1998-99 38 Colorado Avalanche NHL 12 2 4 6 0.50 2 0.18 9 3 7 1 0 17 2 0 0 0 6 0.50 33.3 128 10:40
Career NHL 1407 323 697 1020 0.72 367 0.26 1515 438 1210 231 98 3565 221 92 10 41 2045 1.45 15.8 563 9:05

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 Quebec Nordiques NHL 5 4 2 6 1.20 34 4 0 0 1
1981-82 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 16 3 7 10 0.63 52 2 1 0 2
1982-83 22 Quebec Nordiques NHL 4 2 1 3 0.75 24 1 0 1 0
1983-84 23 Quebec Nordiques NHL 9 2 3 5 0.56 -2 41 2 0 0 0 9 1.00 22.2
1984-85 24 Quebec Nordiques NHL 17 4 6 10 0.59 0 97 3 0 1 2 21 1.24 19.0
1985-86 25 Quebec Nordiques NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 15 0 0 0 0 9 3.00 0.0
1986-87 26 Quebec Nordiques NHL 13 1 7 8 0.62 -5 56 0 1 0 0 15 1.15 6.7
1987-88 27 Washington Capitals NHL 14 7 5 12 0.86 2 98 3 4 0 1 24 1.71 29.2
1988-89 28 Washington Capitals NHL 6 0 4 4 0.67 3 29 0 0 0 0 7 1.17 0.0
1989-90 29 Washington Capitals NHL 15 4 8 12 0.80 -1 61 3 1 0 0 13 0.87 30.8
1990-91 30 Washington Capitals NHL 11 1 9 10 0.91 2 41 1 0 0 0 16 1.45 6.3
1991-92 31 Washington Capitals NHL 7 1 4 5 0.71 -1 16 1 0 0 0 16 2.29 6.3
1992-93 32 Washington Capitals NHL 6 7 1 8 1.33 -7 35 3 4 0 1 18 3.00 38.9
1993-94 33 Washington Capitals NHL 7 0 3 3 0.43 -2 14 0 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0
1994-95 34 Washington Capitals NHL 7 4 4 8 1.14 0 24 2 2 0 0 13 1.86 30.8
1995-96 35 Washington Capitals NHL 6 1 5 6 1.00 4 24 1 0 0 0 14 2.33 7.1
1997-98 37 Washington Capitals NHL 21 0 4 4 0.19 -1 30 0 0 0 0 14 0.67 0.0
1998-99 38 Colorado Avalanche NHL 19 1 3 4 0.21 0 38 1 0 0 0 10 0.53 10.0 130 6:50
Career NHL 186 42 76 118 0.63 -9 729 27 13 2 7 206 1.28 16.0 130 6:50

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 16 Strathroy Blades OHA-B 42 25 30 55 1.31
1977-78 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 68 22 42 64 0.94 115
1978-79 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 59 42 68 110 1.86 188
1979-80 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 61 34 51 85 1.39 189
1989-90 29 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 0.75 4
Career Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 0.75 4
Career OHA-B 42 25 30 55 1.31
Career OMJHL 188 98 161 259 1.38 492

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 9 1 0 1 0.11 32
1978-79 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 10 4 12 16 1.60 47
1979-80 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 9 6 9 15 1.67 45
Career OMJHL 28 11 21 32 1.14 124

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1997 NHL

Games Played

1980-81 NHL 80 (2)
1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1982-83 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1407 (28)

Assists

Career NHL 697 (48)

Points

Career NHL 1020 (67)

Goals Created

Career NHL 367.1 (75)

Total Goals For

Career NHL 1515 (80)

Total Goals Against

Career NHL 1210 (93)

Power Play Goals Against

1982-83 NHL 44 (6)

Penalties in Minutes

1980-81 NHL 226 (10)
1981-82 NHL 272 (8)
1983-84 NHL 232 (7)
1984-85 NHL 209 (9)
1985-86 NHL 265 (10)
Career NHL 3565 (2)

Shooting Percentage

1991-92 NHL 25.5 (4)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 13, 1987: Traded to Washington by Quebec with Clint Malarchuk for Gaetan Duchesne, Alan Haworth and Washington's 1st round choice (Joe Sakic) in 1987 Entry Draft, June 13, 1987.

March 23, 1999: Traded to Colorado by Washington with Washington's 3rd round choice (Sergei Kliazmine) in 2000 Entry Draft for Vancouver's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Washington selected Charlie Stephens) in 1999 Entry Draft, March 23, 1999.