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HalifaxDrunk · 02-18-2009, 08:36 AM

With our next selection it's time to get dirty - team Halifax Explosion selects Center:

Dale Hunter

Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, Hunter played seven seasons in Quebec before he was traded the Washington Capitals in return for a draft pick used to select Joe Sakic. Hunter currently has the second-most penalty minutes in NHL history, amassing a staggering 3565 penalty minutes. Dale Hunter served as the team captain for the Capitals. He broke the 1000 points barrier (and is the NHL record holder for requiring the most games to do so, at 1308, as well having the most penalty minutes when reaching that scoring milestone) and played in the NHL All-Star game in 1997.

Games - 1407
Goals - 323
Assists - 697
Points - 1020
PIM - 3565

Hunter achieved notoriety for fouling other players. He holds one of the NHL's longest suspension records: 21 games for delivering a cross check to Pierre Turgeon from behind. During the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals between the Capitals and New York Islanders, Turgeon had scored and play was stopped. Hunter, who was trailing Turgeon on the play, checked Turgeon just after the goal while he started to celebrate. Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit, causing him to miss the following playoff series against the Penguins and much of the series against the Montreal Canadiens. During that first-round series, Hunter had led his team with eight postseason goals. New NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who had earlier promised to crack down on violence, suspended Hunter for the first 21 games of the 1993-94 season—at the time, the longest suspension in league history for an on-ice incident (in terms of games missed). Many have stated that the only reason the penalty was so severe was 1) Bettman, being new to the league and wanting to make his stance known, wanted to make his presence known 2) the fact that the game was in New York, 3) the game was shown on national television, 4) that Bettman was in attendance at the game, and finally 4) that ESPN, new to marketing NHL hockey highlighted the "Dale Hunter Incident" nightly on Sports Center in a shameless display of marketing for their own cause. The latter had much to do with the long suspension. Years later, Hunter admitted that he'd gone too far.

02-18-2009, 08:36 AM	#784
HalifaxDrunk #2 960 Prankster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In a Pub Exp:	With our next selection it's time to get dirty - team Halifax Explosion selects Center: Dale Hunter Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, Hunter played seven seasons in Quebec before he was traded the Washington Capitals in return for a draft pick used to select Joe Sakic. Hunter currently has the second-most penalty minutes in NHL history, amassing a staggering 3565 penalty minutes. Dale Hunter served as the team captain for the Capitals. He broke the 1000 points barrier (and is the NHL record holder for requiring the most games to do so, at 1308, as well having the most penalty minutes when reaching that scoring milestone) and played in the NHL All-Star game in 1997. Games - 1407 Goals - 323 Assists - 697 Points - 1020 PIM - 3565 Hunter achieved notoriety for fouling other players. He holds one of the NHL's longest suspension records: 21 games for delivering a cross check to Pierre Turgeon from behind. During the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals between the Capitals and New York Islanders, Turgeon had scored and play was stopped. Hunter, who was trailing Turgeon on the play, checked Turgeon just after the goal while he started to celebrate. Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit, causing him to miss the following playoff series against the Penguins and much of the series against the Montreal Canadiens. During that first-round series, Hunter had led his team with eight postseason goals. New NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who had earlier promised to crack down on violence, suspended Hunter for the first 21 games of the 1993-94 season—at the time, the longest suspension in league history for an on-ice incident (in terms of games missed). Many have stated that the only reason the penalty was so severe was 1) Bettman, being new to the league and wanting to make his stance known, wanted to make his presence known 2) the fact that the game was in New York, 3) the game was shown on national television, 4) that Bettman was in attendance at the game, and finally 4) that ESPN, new to marketing NHL hockey highlighted the "Dale Hunter Incident" nightly on Sports Center in a shameless display of marketing for their own cause. The latter had much to do with the long suspension. Years later, Hunter admitted that he'd gone too far.