Dale Hawerchuk Barrie
Hawerchuk played in the national hockey league nhl for 16 seasons.
Dale hawerchuk barrie. Former nhl star and longtime coach of the barrie colts dale hawerchuk is battling cancer again. 1 1 barrie colts head coach dale hawerchuk is shown in a file photo from the 2013 14 ohl season. Though the colts have been close in the past years hawerchuk is hoping to accomplish the one thing they have yet to do in their 16 year existence win a memorial cup something he did twice as a junior player with the cornwall royals. Dale hawerchuk a hockey phenom who became the face of the winnipeg jets en route to the hall of fame has died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer.
He won the nhls calder memorial trophy as the leagues rookie of the year in 1982 and was elected to the hockey hall of fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001. Hawerchuk served as the head coach of the barrie colts of. Hawerchuk put the kitchener native on the path to barrie and eventually the road to the national hockey league. The ontario hockey leagues barrie.
His son eric hawerchuk posted on social media tuesday afternoon that his father had passed. On june 4th 2010 dale hawerchuk was named the fifth head coach in barrie colts franchise history. The ontario hockey leagues barrie. Dale hawerchuk born april 4 1963 is a canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player.
Dale hawerchuk former winnipeg jets superstar and longtime barrie colts head coach has died. I think honestly dale hawerchuk was my guardian angel the entire way through hockey the winnipeg jets centre said of his former barrie colts head coach who died tuesday after a year long battle with stomach cancer. Dale hawerchuk the leading scorer in the first iteration of the winnipeg jets and a member of the hockey hall of fame died at the age of 57 after he had stomach cancer his son eric announced.