The former Jet and coach of the Barrie Colts had been battling cancer
Former Winnipeg Jets great Dale Hawerchuk, seen here at a press conference in Winnipeg in 2017, has died.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.
Hawerchuk had been battling stomach cancer. In September 2019, he took a leave of absence from coaching the Colts to undergo chemotherapy treatment. Born April 4, 1963, in Toronto, Hawerchuk grew up in nearby Oshawa, getting his first pair of skates at age two and playing competitively at four. As a peewee, he broke Guy Lafleur’s record by scoring all eight goals in an 8-1 victory in the final of a tournament in Montreal.
Hawerchuk led the Royals to back-to-back Memorial Cups in 1980 and ’81 with teammates that included Scott Arniel, Marc Crawford, Dan Daoust and Doug Gilmour. He did not disappoint. The teenager scored 45 goals and collected 103 points, was named rookie of the year – the youngest recipient at the time – and led Winnipeg to a 48-point improvement, the largest single-season turnaround in the NHL.
When he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Jets were no more . But he said the Jets “are etched in my mind every day that I live.”
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