Dave Hunter

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CanadaCanada  Dave Hunter Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 1, 1958
place of birth Petrolia , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st lap, 17th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1975-1988 Sudbury Wolves
1978-1987 Edmonton Oilers
1987-1988 Pittsburgh Penguins
1988-1989 Winnipeg Jets
1989 Edmonton Oilers

David P. "Dave" Hunter (born January 1, 1958 in Petrolia , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played over 800 games for the Edmonton Oilers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League . The left winger spent most of his career with the Oilers, with whom he first appeared in the World Hockey Association and won the Stanley Cup after moving to the NHL in 1984 , 1985 and 1987 .

Career

Dave Hunter played in his youth for the Petrolia Jets in his hometown, before he moved to the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League , the highest junior division in his home province, for the 1975/76 season . During his junior years he took part with the Canadian U20 national team in the Junior World Championship in 1977 and won the silver medal there with the team. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 he was selected in 17th position by the Canadiens de Montréal after he had scored 44 goals and assists in 68 games for Sudbury in the past season. In June 1978, however, the Edmonton Oilers from the World Hockey Association (WHA) equipped him with a contract, so that the winger was initially in the WHA instead of in the National Hockey League (NHL). His first season in the competitive league of the NHL also marked the last, so he moved to the NHL with the Oilers, where Edmonton secured his player rights from Montréal as part of the NHL Expansion Draft 1979 .

As a result, Hunter was active for the Oilers in the NHL for over eight years and won the Stanley Cup with the team in the playoffs in 1984 , 1985 and 1987 . He was valued for his physical style of play, he recorded more than 100 penalty minutes in three seasons, but also scored better offensive statistics than the classic enforcers of the team. In the 1983/84 season he achieved 48 scorer points from 80 games, the best of his career. In the fourth playoff success that Edmonton celebrated in 1988, the Canadian no longer had a share, since he was given in November 1987 in a multi-player swap to the Pittsburgh Penguins . With him, the future Hall of Famer Paul Coffey and Wayne Van Dorp moved to Pittsburgh, while the Oilers received Craig Simpson , Dave Hannan , Moe Mantha and Chris Joseph .

With the Penguins Hunter ended the season before he was transferred back to Edmonton in October 1988 to compensate for the fact that the Penguins Dave Hannan signed in the NHL Waiver Draft from the Oilers. Also via the Waiver Draft, he got to the Winnipeg Jets on the same day , where he was only active for a few months, before he returned to the Oilers for a third time in January 1989 - this time via the Waiver . There the attacker ended his active career after the 1988/89 season, in which he had completed a total of 851 games and recorded 363 points scorer and 1127 penalty minutes.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1975/76 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 53 7th 21st 28 117 17th 0 9 9 53
1976/77 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 62 30th 56 86 140 6th 1 3 4th 9
1977/78 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 68 44 44 88 156 - - - - - -
1978/79 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 6th 3 4th 7th 6th - - - - - -
1978/79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 72 7th 25th 32 +7 134 13 2 3 5 -2 42
1979/80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 12 31 43 +7 103 3 0 0 0 -4 7th
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 12 16 28 -13 98 9 0 0 0 -5 28
1981/82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 16 22nd 38 +33 63 5 0 1 1 +1 26th
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 13 18th 31 +12 120 16 4th 7th 11 +7 60
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 22nd 26th 48 +27 90 17th 5 5 10 +9 14th
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 17th 19th 36 +4 122 18th 2 5 7th +5 33
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 62 15th 22nd 37 +39 77 10 2 3 5 +7 21st
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 6th 9 15th +2 79 21st 3 3 6th +4 20th
1987/88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 21st 3 3 6th +1 6th - - - - - -
1987/88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 59 11 18th 29 +8 77 - - - - - -
1988/89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 34 3 1 4th -3 61 - - - - - -
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 32 3 5 8th -5 22nd 6th 0 0 0 -2 0
OMJHL overall 183 81 121 202 413 23 1 12 13 62
NHL overall 746 133 190 323 +112 918 105 16 24 40 +22 209

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Canada June World Cup Silver medal 7th 6th 2 8th 2
Juniors overall 7th 6th 2 8th 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Personal

His younger brothers Dale and Mark Hunter were also active as ice hockey players for many years in the NHL.

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personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunter, David P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Petrolia , Ontario , Canada