HammerHawks
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Hard news for sure, great guy and certainly a legend of the game.
RIP Dale Hawerchuk
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geschrocks33
Verified Trader,
All I have to say is Cancer Sucks.
RIP
RIP
slappy69
Verified Trader,
our greatest jet RIP
BrodeurOrDie
New Member, Must Send First!
The man who put the Jets on the map. RIP Ducky you will be missed but never forgotten.
MR.M's Cards
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I read the title and swore out loud.....met him several time when he was in town with the Barrie Colts just a super human being...this sucks
SNobles
Patrick Roy BTP Collector,
Brutal news. So sad. Couldn't agree more with Derrick.
Such a sad day. He was so young.
One of the benefits of being in this hobby is that his memory lives on in our PC's through his cards. I won't be forgetting about him for a long time that's for sure.
Thanks to everyone who has sent me notes today, my phone has been going crazy so thanks to those of you from here that reached out; it is appreciated.
One of the benefits of being in this hobby is that his memory lives on in our PC's through his cards. I won't be forgetting about him for a long time that's for sure.
Thanks to everyone who has sent me notes today, my phone has been going crazy so thanks to those of you from here that reached out; it is appreciated.
27Leafs27
Upstanding Member,
Hard to believe, such a class act as a player, coach and even more so as a person. He left a big mark on hockey history for sure and I know everyone here in the Barrie area feels the loss today.
Rest in peace Dale.
Dan.
Rest in peace Dale.
Dan.
BigBarracuda
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GabbyGuy
Upstanding Member,
warsawknuckles
Verified Trader,
I am sure that Jeremy feels the same today as i did when i heard Glenn Frey died several years ago... i can still remember where i was and exactly what i was doing when i heard the news. Sucks...
Pacman69
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primetimepawich
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It occurred to me later that I should've done exactly that, but I knew others would be and I didn't have anything new to add to the discussion, so just know I was thinking about you.
I was pretty disheartened to read this over my lunch break today. I believed Ducky would kick cancer's @ss and was thrilled when he got to ring the bell. Even when they said it came back, I believed he could do it again. I forgot this was 2020.
Tremendous loss of a great player, coach, and by all accounts human being.
OilersRule
Verified Trader,
Very sad to hear this news.
I knew what he was dealing with from the news over the last while, but had no idea obviously just how hard he was battling his illness.
Although I never met him personally, nor collected any of his cards for that matter (And he has had lots of amazing cards produced over the years) , he had some incredible NHL records and stats In the 80’s and 90’s era....and one heck of a hockey career.
My condolences to his family and friends, and of course all his dedicated fans.
I knew what he was dealing with from the news over the last while, but had no idea obviously just how hard he was battling his illness.
Although I never met him personally, nor collected any of his cards for that matter (And he has had lots of amazing cards produced over the years) , he had some incredible NHL records and stats In the 80’s and 90’s era....and one heck of a hockey career.
My condolences to his family and friends, and of course all his dedicated fans.
northendhockeynut
Verified Trader
RIP Dale Hawerchuk
Having lived in the 'Peg during the 70's, 80's and 90's I was fortunate to watch and meet numerous times three of the Jets legends, Bobby Hull, Teemu Selanne and Dale Hawerchuk.
Dale has a superstar on the ice and bigger one off the ice.
I can recall the first time my son met him. Hiding behind me, Dale asked if he played hockey and who was his favorite team was, he just nodded yes.
Dale signed in his autograph book, smiled and said "have fun playing, ok"
The hockey world has lost a true gentleman.
Having lived in the 'Peg during the 70's, 80's and 90's I was fortunate to watch and meet numerous times three of the Jets legends, Bobby Hull, Teemu Selanne and Dale Hawerchuk.
Dale has a superstar on the ice and bigger one off the ice.
I can recall the first time my son met him. Hiding behind me, Dale asked if he played hockey and who was his favorite team was, he just nodded yes.
Dale signed in his autograph book, smiled and said "have fun playing, ok"
The hockey world has lost a true gentleman.
will-411
Verified Trader,
This really was hard to hear, and I wasn't expecting it when I opened Instagram yesterday. I've known Dale and his family for 20+ years, as I was lucky enough to have his son Eric on our minor hockey team the year they moved to the Orangeville area. In the ten years they lived here, Dale was always accessible, humble and a force for good. 
His charity fundraisers were super successful and he was always willing to help out.
There was a reason I started a PC of Hawerchuk when I got back into card collecting in 2000 and that was moreso because of the person he was off the ice, not who he was on it.
A couple of memories for me:
- working with our goalies at one end of the ice, just me and Dale, Dale sends me out to the point to take slapshots at the 10 year olds... which was bad enough on it's own, but he says not to worry, he's going to deflect them. He's going to stand in front of the net AND deflect them... without any equipment on. I nervously lobbed a few in, barely getting them off the ice because I didn't want to ding him with a puck. He starts barking at me to shoot the damn puck with that lopsided grin he had. So I cranked it up and he got a stick on every single one of those, and never came close to get hit, even though I had little idea where the puck was going.
- Dale was heading to Winnipeg in the early 2000's for a weekend signing event. I work with First Nations in Northwestern Ontario, and my boss gets this idea to hire Dale to go with us for a day trip to Shoal Lake 40, just over the Ontario border. I'm the wheel man and I'm driving this big SUV with four of us in it (me, my boss, Dale and Andrew Jackson of Jackson events, the promo company Dale was working with). It was snowing and brutal weather, but we made it, though Dale was joking about us all going through the ice on the ice road into the community. I had my skates and stuff with me so he and I were supposed to run a hockey camp for a few hours with the community kids. Well, we did drills for about 20 minutes with Dale mic'ed up on the arena loudspeaker and he motions for me to come over. I skate up to him, he covers the mic, and he says "This is boring. These guys aren't having any fun. Let's just play a game." So that's what we did... and he made sure every kid on the ice got a chance to play with him, touch the puck... for the smiles on their faces, the smile on Dales was wider. He loved to play.
- Same trip, that night, we played in an exhibition game with the local adult players. They were wearing full equipment, while Dale and I were not... I was terrified because those guys could move, and they liked to keep things physical. I just stayed out of traffic. Dale, first thing he did was strike up a conversation with the youngest guy on the team. He made him his defence partner (Dale played defence to see the game, but also to be able to protect himself, though he was all over the ice with ease). He spent the whole game talking to this young man about the game, life and how to make a difference. And again, that smile was always there... except with about 5 minutes left in the game and we were down by a goal... then he got a bit snarly and said "We got to win this boys" and went out and set up the game tying and winning goals on a shift. He came back to the bench and said "Now you guys hold it". You've probably heard Dale was competitive... damn straight. lol
Those snippets are to say, the man was a gem, and I can't believe he's gone. He'd go through a wall for his friends, family, players...
Gone way too soon.
Cory
His charity fundraisers were super successful and he was always willing to help out. There was a reason I started a PC of Hawerchuk when I got back into card collecting in 2000 and that was moreso because of the person he was off the ice, not who he was on it.
A couple of memories for me:
- working with our goalies at one end of the ice, just me and Dale, Dale sends me out to the point to take slapshots at the 10 year olds... which was bad enough on it's own, but he says not to worry, he's going to deflect them. He's going to stand in front of the net AND deflect them... without any equipment on. I nervously lobbed a few in, barely getting them off the ice because I didn't want to ding him with a puck. He starts barking at me to shoot the damn puck with that lopsided grin he had. So I cranked it up and he got a stick on every single one of those, and never came close to get hit, even though I had little idea where the puck was going.
- Dale was heading to Winnipeg in the early 2000's for a weekend signing event. I work with First Nations in Northwestern Ontario, and my boss gets this idea to hire Dale to go with us for a day trip to Shoal Lake 40, just over the Ontario border. I'm the wheel man and I'm driving this big SUV with four of us in it (me, my boss, Dale and Andrew Jackson of Jackson events, the promo company Dale was working with). It was snowing and brutal weather, but we made it, though Dale was joking about us all going through the ice on the ice road into the community. I had my skates and stuff with me so he and I were supposed to run a hockey camp for a few hours with the community kids. Well, we did drills for about 20 minutes with Dale mic'ed up on the arena loudspeaker and he motions for me to come over. I skate up to him, he covers the mic, and he says "This is boring. These guys aren't having any fun. Let's just play a game." So that's what we did... and he made sure every kid on the ice got a chance to play with him, touch the puck... for the smiles on their faces, the smile on Dales was wider. He loved to play.
- Same trip, that night, we played in an exhibition game with the local adult players. They were wearing full equipment, while Dale and I were not... I was terrified because those guys could move, and they liked to keep things physical. I just stayed out of traffic. Dale, first thing he did was strike up a conversation with the youngest guy on the team. He made him his defence partner (Dale played defence to see the game, but also to be able to protect himself, though he was all over the ice with ease). He spent the whole game talking to this young man about the game, life and how to make a difference. And again, that smile was always there... except with about 5 minutes left in the game and we were down by a goal... then he got a bit snarly and said "We got to win this boys" and went out and set up the game tying and winning goals on a shift. He came back to the bench and said "Now you guys hold it". You've probably heard Dale was competitive... damn straight. lol
Those snippets are to say, the man was a gem, and I can't believe he's gone. He'd go through a wall for his friends, family, players...
Gone way too soon.
Cory
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geschrocks33
Verified Trader,
Cory - great stories, thanks for sharing those!
creasecollector
Verified Trader ,
RIP Dale - I didn't know him personally but my family did. He changed their lives for the better.
penguinfan
Verified Trader,
It's definitely an ich-bay...... ____ cancer
dismonkey1
Verified Trader,
Way too young. I remember watching him play for the Flyers during their Stanley Cup appearance year in 1996-97 (his last year). It was cool to have someone like him along with the late addition of Paul Coffey on that team. RIP.
