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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.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:14AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #307. DALE HUNTER… #307. Terry O'Reilly… #309. Bob Pulford… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 QUE NHL 80 19 44 63 22 5 226 17 2 0 2 152 12.5
1981-82 21 QUE NHL 80 22 50 72 25 26 272 20 0 2 1 124 17.7
1982-83 22 QUE NHL 80 17 46 63 22 10 206 14 1 2 1 125 13.6
1983-84 23 QUE NHL 77 24 55 79 28 35 232 15 7 2 1 123 19.5
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 80 20 52 72 25 23 209 14 3 3 3 115 17.4
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 80 28 42 70 26 6 265 21 7 0 4 152 18.4
1986-87 26 QUE NHL 46 10 29 39 13 4 135 10 0 0 0 53 18.9
1987-88 27 WSH NHL 79 22 37 59 22 7 240 11 11 0 1 126 17.5
1988-89 28 WSH NHL 80 20 37 57 21 -3 219 11 9 0 3 138 14.5
1989-90 29 WSH NHL 80 23 39 62 23 17 233 13 9 1 6 123 18.7
1990-91 30 WSH NHL 76 16 30 46 17 -22 234 7 9 0 2 106 15.1
1991-92 31 WSH NHL 80 28 50 78 29 -2 205 15 13 0 4 110 25.5
1992-93 32 WSH NHL 84 20 59 79 27 3 198 10 10 0 2 120 16.7
1993-94 33 WSH NHL 52 9 29 38 13 -4 131 8 1 0 1 61 14.8
1994-95 34 WSH NHL 45 8 15 23 8 -4 101 5 3 0 1 73 11.0
1995-96 35 WSH NHL 82 13 24 37 13 5 112 9 4 0 3 128 10.2
1996-97 36 WSH NHL 82 14 32 46 17 -2 125 11 3 0 5 110 12.7
1997-98 37 WSH NHL 82 8 18 26 9 1 103 8 0 0 1 82 9.8
1998-99 38 TOT NHL 62 2 9 11 4 -7 119 2 0 0 0 24 8.3 563 9:05
1998-99 38 WSH NHL 50 0 5 5 1 -7 102 0 0 0 0 18 0.0 435 8:42
1998-99 38 COL NHL 12 2 4 6 2 0 17 2 0 0 0 6 33.3 128 10:40
Career NHL 1407 323 697 1020 363 98 3565 221 92 10 41 2045 15.8 563 9:05

NHL 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
1980-81 20 QUE NHL 80 0.24 0.55 0.79 0.28 2.83 1.90 14 34 48 17 83 9 107 38 5 2.5 1.2 3.7
1981-82 21 QUE NHL 80 0.28 0.63 0.90 0.32 3.40 1.55 16 37 53 19 95 9 96 36 26 3.0 1.6 4.6
1982-83 22 QUE NHL 80 0.21 0.58 0.79 0.27 2.58 1.56 14 37 51 18 92 4 122 44 10 2.5 0.9 3.3
1983-84 23 QUE NHL 77 0.31 0.71 1.03 0.36 3.01 1.60 19 44 63 22 108 20 76 23 35 4.1 1.6 5.7
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 80 0.25 0.65 0.90 0.31 2.61 1.44 16 41 57 20 104 21 87 27 23 3.2 1.5 4.7
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 80 0.35 0.53 0.88 0.33 3.31 1.90 22 33 55 21 98 23 84 15 6 3.5 1.3 4.8
1986-87 26 QUE NHL 46 0.22 0.63 0.85 0.29 2.93 1.15 8 25 33 11 61 14 52 9 4 1.8 0.9 2.7
1987-88 27 WSH NHL 79 0.28 0.47 0.75 0.28 3.04 1.59 18 31 49 18 109 54 56 8 7 3.0 1.4 4.4
1988-89 28 WSH NHL 80 0.25 0.46 0.71 0.26 2.74 1.73 16 30 46 17 95 46 58 6 -3 2.5 1.0 3.5
1989-90 29 WSH NHL 80 0.29 0.49 0.78 0.29 2.91 1.54 19 33 52 19 104 37 52 2 17 3.3 1.5 4.8
1990-91 30 WSH NHL 76 0.21 0.39 0.61 0.22 3.08 1.39 14 27 41 15 71 31 63 1 -22 1.9 0.6 2.5
1991-92 31 WSH NHL 80 0.35 0.63 0.98 0.36 2.56 1.38 25 44 69 26 124 53 75 2 -2 5.1 0.8 6.0
1992-93 32 WSH NHL 84 0.24 0.70 0.94 0.32 2.36 1.43 16 47 63 22 109 50 58 2 3 4.1 1.2 5.3
1993-94 33 WSH NHL 52 0.17 0.56 0.73 0.24 2.52 1.17 8 26 34 11 58 16 51 5 -4 1.9 0.5 2.5
1994-95 34 WSH NHL 45 0.18 0.33 0.51 0.18 2.24 1.62 14 26 40 15 36 13 27 0 -4 1.1 0.6 1.7
1995-96 35 WSH NHL 82 0.16 0.29 0.45 0.16 1.37 1.56 12 23 35 13 48 15 29 1 5 1.1 1.4 2.4
1996-97 36 WSH NHL 82 0.17 0.39 0.56 0.20 1.52 1.34 14 33 47 17 63 18 47 0 -2 2.5 1.3 3.8
1997-98 37 WSH NHL 82 0.10 0.22 0.32 0.11 1.26 1.00 9 21 30 11 38 2 42 7 1 0.4 1.2 1.6
1998-99 38 TOT NHL 62 0.03 0.15 0.18 0.06 1.92 0.39 2 11 13 4 19 3 28 5 -7 -0.2 0.4 0.2
1998-99 38 WSH NHL 50 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.03 2.04 0.36 0 6 6 2 10 0 21 4 -7 -0.6 0.3 -0.4
1998-99 38 COL NHL 12 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 1.42 0.50 2 5 7 2 9 3 7 1 0 0.5 0.1 0.6
Career NHL 1407 0.23 0.50 0.72 0.26 2.53 1.45 276 603 879 315 1515 438 1210 231 98 47.3 21.0 68.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 20 QUE NHL 5 4 2 6 34 4 0 0 1
1981-82 21 QUE NHL 16 3 7 10 52 2 1 0 2
1982-83 22 QUE NHL 4 2 1 3 24 1 0 1 0
1983-84 23 QUE NHL 9 2 3 5 -2 41 2 0 0 0 9 22.2
1984-85 24 QUE NHL 17 4 6 10 0 97 3 0 1 2 21 19.0
1985-86 25 QUE NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 15 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1986-87 26 QUE NHL 13 1 7 8 -5 56 0 1 0 0 15 6.7
1987-88 27 WSH NHL 14 7 5 12 2 98 3 4 0 1 24 29.2
1988-89 28 WSH NHL 6 0 4 4 3 29 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1989-90 29 WSH NHL 15 4 8 12 -1 61 3 1 0 0 13 30.8
1990-91 30 WSH NHL 11 1 9 10 2 41 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
1991-92 31 WSH NHL 7 1 4 5 -1 16 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
1992-93 32 WSH NHL 6 7 1 8 -7 35 3 4 0 1 18 38.9
1993-94 33 WSH NHL 7 0 3 3 -2 14 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1994-95 34 WSH NHL 7 4 4 8 0 24 2 2 0 0 13 30.8
1995-96 35 WSH NHL 6 1 5 6 4 24 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
1997-98 37 WSH NHL 21 0 4 4 -1 30 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
1998-99 38 COL NHL 19 1 3 4 0 38 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 130 6:50
Career NHL 186 42 76 118 -9 729 27 13 2 7 206 16.0 130 6:50

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 16 Strathroy Blades ON-Jr.B 42 25 30 55
1977-78 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 68 22 42 64 115
1978-79 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 59 42 68 110 188
1979-80 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 61 34 51 85 189
1989-90 29 Washington Capitals Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 4
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 1 2 3 4
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 188 98 161 259 492
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 42 25 30 55

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 9 1 0 1 32
1978-79 18 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 10 4 12 16 47
1979-80 19 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 9 6 9 15 45
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 28 11 21 32 124

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 19 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Dale Hunter 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.2
Greg Adams 93.1 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
George Armstrong 91.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 1.7 1.5 0.4 -0.1
Dean Prentice 91.4 6.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.4
Ulf Dahlen 89.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 1.6
Scott Mellanby 88.9 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
Ron Ellis 87.0 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.5 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Murray Craven 86.7 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.0 -0.3
Trevor Linden 86.4 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.7
Martin Gelinas 85.9 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Bob Nevin 85.6 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Dale Hunter 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.2
Greg Adams 93.1 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
George Armstrong 92.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.4 -0.1
Dean Prentice 90.8 6.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.4 -0.4
Scott Mellanby 90.0 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
Ulf Dahlen 89.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 1.6
Ron Ellis 87.0 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.5 2.0 0.7 0.0 -0.3
Murray Craven 86.7 6.6 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.0 -0.3
Trevor Linden 86.4 7.6 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.7
Martin Gelinas 85.9 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Claude Lemieux 85.7 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (31)

Assists

Career NHL 697 (53)

Points

Career NHL 1020 (74)

Goals Created

Career NHL 363.5 (85)

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)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 603 (73)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1515 (86)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1210 (99)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1982-83 NHL 44 (7)
  

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.

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