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Nikolai Adams Sports File:

An Interview with Dale Hawerchuck

By Nikolai Adams Hawerchuk carried his natural talent see the video footage (as well as the rest locker, they’d have a different sticker on
into the NHL (to which he was drafted of my original write-up and review of it – one day it would be a Sabres sticker
or those of us who have played first overall), winning the Calder Trophy Hawerchuk’s favourite film). and then a Flyers sticker, so it was kind
Fhockey, we understand how difficult for Rookie of the Year in 1982. His Nikolai Adams (NA): Are you ready of fun that way. But yeah, really John
it is to put up a point per game, whether accomplishments are too numerous to for some rapid-fire questions? Ferguson, we talked a lot, and the day
we were playing house league, on a highlight here, but I will comment on Dale Hawerchuk (DH): Sure. Go before, he finally just said, “Look, don’t
travelling team, or as a professional. two standout moments from his pedigree ahead. worry – we’re taking you number one”.
Dale Hawerchuk impressively put up – his pair of Canada Cup Championships But even as you’re waiting to get picked,
1409 points in only 1188 games during that he won in 1987 and 1991. The 1987 NA: One of your favourite players that you still don’t know if something is going
his career, which spanned from 1981- Canada Cup team is argued to have been influenced you while you were growing to happen. But it turned out pretty good.
1997. He spent most of his time with one of the best teams to have ever been up? NA: Player that, while you were in
the Winnipeg Jets, but also played for compiled (that year, Hawerchuk played DH: I was a huge Bobby Orr fan. Just the NHL, annoyed you the most and you
the Buffalo Sabres for five years, the St. with two hackers by the name of Wayne the way he could control the game, and would have liked to drop the gloves with?
Louis Blues for a year, and he wrapped Gretzky and Mario Lemieux). Some the passion he played with. . . obviously, DH: Ahhh, I don’t know, Kenny
up his career playing two years with the may remember Hawerchuk winning the there are a lot of great players, but for Linseman was one of those guys and
Philadelphia Flyers. defensive zone face-off against the USSR me, when Bobby Orr was on tv, I had to
in the closing moments of Game 3, which I went after him a few times – he was
His impressive career first started Mark Messier was actually supposed find a tv! definitely one of those types of guys.
in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey to take. The face-off eventually led to NA: How about the stress of Yeah, maybe Larry Patey in St. Louis,
League, where he played for the Cornwall Gretzky passing to Lemieux for one of possibly going first overall. What’s one of those names you don’t hear about.
Royals. Putting up 103 points in his first hockey’s most famous goals. Watch the running through your head when that is Those guys just got under your skin, you
year and 183 in his second (in only 72 play’s second replay to see Hawerchuk happening? know. We never had a bout, but Larry
games played) helped the team claim the hook the only Russian player who could DH: Um, well, the guys on the team was one of those guys in the playoffs,
QMJHL championship and the Memorial have caught Lemieux, providing his own in Cornwall, I was with the Royals at the wherever I went, he seemed to be right
Cup in both 1980 and 1981. Hawerchuk ‘assist’ on the goal. time, so I was rated number one through there, so he was a little frustrating. But I
was named QMJHL Rookie of the Year got used to that. You learnt as you went
in 1980, the playoff MVP in 1980, and Provided here is a transcript of my the year and then there were rumours along, you just had to deal with that and
that they were going to trade - Winnipeg
in 1981 he was declared the QMJHL original video interview with the Hockey was going to finish last and they were find a way to persevere through it.
Scoring Champion, the QMJHL Player Hall of Famer. Feel free to visit Filmizon. going to trade the pick. So, the rumour NA: The goalie that had your number
of the Year, the Memorial Cup MVP, and com and type Dale Hawerchuk into the would be Buffalo one day, Philadelphia
the CHL Player of the Year. ‘Search’ bar at the top of the website to
another day, so every time I come to my Continued on page 6