Dale Hawerchuk enters Jets Hall of Fame

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Dale Hawerchuk is being inducted into the Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame prior to the Jets-Coyotes contest tonight.

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Dale Hawerchuk is being inducted into the Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame prior to the Jets-Coyotes contest tonight.

Hawerchuk played 16 NHL seasons, including the first nine with the Jets. Drafted first overall in 1981, he won the Calder Cup as the league’s top rookie in 1982 after scoring 45 goals and supplying 58 assists. In fact, he led the team in scoring each of his nine seasons.

Hawerchuk was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

JIM WILEY PHOTO / FREE PRESS FILES
Dale Hawerchuk signs his first NHL contract at the corner of Portage and Main with Jets GM John Ferguson. (Jim Wiley photo / Winnipeg Free Press files)
JIM WILEY PHOTO / FREE PRESS FILES Dale Hawerchuk signs his first NHL contract at the corner of Portage and Main with Jets GM John Ferguson. (Jim Wiley photo / Winnipeg Free Press files)

We took a look back through our archives to find some of our favourite photos of Ducky.

An undated photo of Hawerchuk in a game at Winnipeg Arena. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
An undated photo of Hawerchuk in a game at Winnipeg Arena. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk playing against the Colorado Rockies in his first NHL season in 1981. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk playing against the Colorado Rockies in his first NHL season in 1981. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk in October 1982. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk in October 1982. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk and Paul MacLean battle against their bitter rivals, the Calgary Flames, on Oct. 24, 1986. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk and Paul MacLean battle against their bitter rivals, the Calgary Flames, on Oct. 24, 1986. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk and Paul MacLean celebrate a goal on Calgary's Mike Vernon as a crowd dressed in white goes wild at a playoff game on April 16, 1987. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk and Paul MacLean celebrate a goal on Calgary's Mike Vernon as a crowd dressed in white goes wild at a playoff game on April 16, 1987. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk takes shot past Calgary's Jamie Macoun on April 11, 1987. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk takes shot past Calgary's Jamie Macoun on April 11, 1987. (Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk draws double coverage from Buffalo Sabres John Tucker (7) and Bob Halkidis (18) at the Winnipeg Arena on Feb 12, 1988. (Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk draws double coverage from Buffalo Sabres John Tucker (7) and Bob Halkidis (18) at the Winnipeg Arena on Feb 12, 1988. (Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk grabs Calgary Flames forward Haken Loob with Flames goalie Rejean Lemelin looking on in a game on May 17, 1990.  (Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk grabs Calgary Flames forward Haken Loob with Flames goalie Rejean Lemelin looking on in a game on May 17, 1990. (Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk skates away from team photo in April 1990. Hawerchuk asked to be traded that year. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Hawerchuk skates away from team photo in April 1990. Hawerchuk asked to be traded that year. (Ken Giglioitti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
FRANK GUNN / CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Hockey Hall of Fame chairman Bill Hay (left) helps inductee Dale Hawerchuk into his jacket at a ceremony in Toronto in November 2001. (Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press files)
FRANK GUNN / CANADIAN PRESS FILES Hockey Hall of Fame chairman Bill Hay (left) helps inductee Dale Hawerchuk into his jacket at a ceremony in Toronto in November 2001. (Frank Gunn / The Canadian Press files)
RICK SCUTERI / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES
Hawerchuk has his number retired before the Coyotes' game against the Los Angeles Kings in Glendale, Ariz., on April 5, 2007. (Rick Scuteri / The Associated Press files)
RICK SCUTERI / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES Hawerchuk has his number retired before the Coyotes' game against the Los Angeles Kings in Glendale, Ariz., on April 5, 2007. (Rick Scuteri / The Associated Press files)
Former Winnipeg Jets Dave Ellett, left, and Dale Hawerchuk take a breather during a practice for the NHL's Heritage Classic Alumni Game. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Former Winnipeg Jets Dave Ellett, left, and Dale Hawerchuk take a breather during a practice for the NHL's Heritage Classic Alumni Game. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Hawerchuk tosses a puck to the crowd during the practice for the NHL's Heritage Classic Alumni Game. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Hawerchuk tosses a puck to the crowd during the practice for the NHL's Heritage Classic Alumni Game. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
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Dale Hawerchuk, as Jets Alumni Team Captain, leads his team out onto the ice to play against the Edmonton Oilers during the  2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic Alumni Game at Investors Group Stadium last October. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Dale Hawerchuk, as Jets Alumni Team Captain, leads his team out onto the ice to play against the Edmonton Oilers during the 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic Alumni Game at Investors Group Stadium last October. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
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