Dale Hawerchuk (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.
Hawerchuk was the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019.
Hawerchuk was diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 2019.[1] He died from the disease on August 18, 2020 in Barrie, Ontario at the age of 57.[2]
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