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December 10, 2000
Dale is coming to Winnipeg this month for a ceremony in his honour by the Manitoba Moose! Be sure to show up to the game against Houston on Dec. 22. If you can't make it, at least sign the petition by the people at PetitionOnline to get Dale in the Hall!

Link: Moose to Honour Dale Hawerchuk

Letter to H.H.O.F.

To: Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Voting Committee
June 17, 2000

I find it incredibly hard to believe that you have neglected to vote Dale Hawerchuk into the Hockey Hall of Fame this past week. It would have been easier to understand this had it not been for the inductions of both Joe Mullen and Denis Savard. Do not get me wrong, Mullen and Savard both had enjoyed very good NHL careers and I do not wish to take anything away from that. However, considering that Mr. Hawerchuk had surpassed them both in total points (1409, 13th in all-time standings), total goals (518, 22nd all-time), and total assists (891, 12th all-time), your failure to induct him is a travesty to the game that I love.

To add to this, Dale Hawerchuk is the only NHL player to have scored 500 or more goals, and the only player in the Top 20 All-Time points list not to be inducted into the Hall. Perhaps if he had fit your obvious induction credentials of having played for a large market city, or being an American-born player he may have had a chance.

He may never have won the Stanley Cup, but was largely considered among the elite centermen of his era, keeping company with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. His Calder Trophy winning rookie season in 1981-82 where he earned 45 goals and 103 points was a good indication to Winnipeg fans that he was a future superstar. Six 100+ point seasons and 5 NHL All-Star appearences certainly proved that -- at least to those of us who were lucky enough to watch him play.

The fact remains that Dale Hawerchuk was a classy, bonafide NHL superstar who loved the game that he played despite doing so in a small market city. I could go on and on about how much Mr. Hawerchuk made the game of hockey an enjoyable one -- how he factored in the memorable 1987 Canada Cup (playing on the top line with Gretzky and Lemieux, may I add), or how he recorded six 40+ goal seasons in the NHL.

As I said, I could go on about his incredible statistics and career in the NHL, but I won't. After all, that was your job to do, wasn't it?

Looking forward to next year,
R. Dilawri

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