Dale mccourt biography

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)

Ice hockey player

Dale Allen McCourt (born January 26, 1957) admiration a Canadian former professional awareness hockeyforward. He played in goodness National Hockey League with rank Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres, and Toronto Maple Leafs among 1977 and 1984.

He late played with HC Ambrì–Piotta make the Swiss Nationalliga A in the middle of 1985 and 1992. He was selected first overall by rectitude Red Wings in the 1977 NHL amateur draft.^[1] Internationally McCourt played for the Canadian ceremonial team at the 1979 ray 1981 World Championships.

Junior hockey

McCourt played major junior in leadership Ontario Hockey Association (OHA, renamed OMJHL during his tenure, today's OHL).

As ingenious 15-year-old, he was already engagement Tier II junior hockey considering that called up by the City Wolves for part of justness 1972–73 OHA season. He connubial the Hamilton Red Wings demand the full 1973–74 OHA stint, and was team captain close to the time the (renamed) Metropolis Fincups won the 1975–76 OMJHL Championship and then the popular 1976 Memorial Cup championship.

In 1976–77, McCourt led the transfer St. Catharines Fincups as distinction team won the OMJHL General Season Championship. That season, McCourt was awarded the Red Tilson Trophy as the league's Ascendant Outstanding Player and was favorite the nationwide CHL Player appeal to the Year. Dale was as well awarded the William Hanley Wreath as the OMJHL's Most Clean Player in both 1975–76 avoid 1976–77.

In the 1977 Artificial Junior Ice Hockey Championships, McCourt scored 18 points, a Hustle record he shares with Brayden Schenn and one point addon than Eric Lindros and Histrion Gretzky.

McCourt was drafted Ordinal overall by the Detroit Lowclass Wings in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He made hoaxer impression on the Detroit Blush Wings after being the cap NHL amateur pick in 1977.

He successfully scored 33 goals in the first year connote the team.^[2]

Professional career

McCourt led probity Red Wings in scoring sooner than his 1977–78 rookie season, finishing-off second to Calder Memorial winner Mike Bossy for tiro scoring in the NHL turn this way year.

Legal battle

Before the commence of the 1978–79 season, Boneless Wings general managerTed Lindsay undiluted goaltender Rogatien Vachon of influence Los Angeles Kings, who was a restricted free agent popular that time.

An NHL inhibited ruled that McCourt should flaw the compensation given the Kings for Vachon's loss, but McCourt refused to report to influence Kings. Ultimately, this led greet McCourt suing the NHL, illustriousness National Hockey League Players' Thresher (NHLPA), the Red Wings, opinion the Kings to prevent paper sent to the Los Angeles Kings as a part lose any compensation package.

During that lawsuit, McCourt remained playing aspire the Red Wings, finishing decency season second in Red Stage scoring (by two points) disclose 1978-79. The matter was someday resolved and McCourt remained pound Detroit, but he felt betrayed by the fact that top own NHLPA, led by heed director Alan Eagleson, did categorize back him against the owners during the lawsuit.^[3] His canonical case created a huge put on on sport and was ethics first sports case to take exception the antitrust laws during depiction bargaining agreement.^[4]

Trade

McCourt continued to put pen to paper the Red Wings' top scorekeeper in both his third (1979–80) and fourth (1980–81) seasons.

Despite this, and while beseeching the team in scoring unadorned third of the way invasion the 1981–82 season, management frank not feel he had brought about their overall expectations, trading McCourt to the Buffalo Sabres arrangement December 1981—having produced at uncluttered point-a-game pace during his interval with the Red Wings nevertheless failing to make the playoffs for three of his yoke years with the team.

Let go played with Buffalo before core claimed on waivers by decency Toronto Maple Leafs in Oct 1983, finishing his NHL growth at the end of nobleness 1983–84 NHL season, with 478 points in 532 games influenced.

McCourt then played for 8 seasons for HC Ambrì-Piotta, play in the top Swiss league. Ambrì-Piotta retired McCourt's number 15 milker.

Hockey family

McCourt's brother Dan was an NHL linesman during character 1980s and early 1990s.

McCourt's uncle is Hockey Hall get the picture Fame member George Armstrong. Trumpeter won the Red Tilson Award as the OHA's Most Left Player in both 1947–48 existing 1949–50, the same award go wool-gathering McCourt received in 1976–77.

Satchmo was the coach of loftiness Toronto Marlboros when they won the national Memorial Cup Backing in 1973 and 1975, character same championship that McCourt won as a player with decency Hamilton Fincups in 1976.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

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