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On 40th anniversary of Dale Hawerchuk signing with Winnipeg the Jets announce initiatives to honour his legacy

40 years ago today in Winnipeg the Jets 1.0 signed their 1st overall pick from 1981 Dale Hawerchuk at Portage and Main.

Today over at True North Square Executive Chairman of the Board for True North Mark Chipman announced a number of initiatives to honour the legacy of Ducky who passed away last year. (You can watch the announcements here).

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The initiatives announced include:

1) Honourary Dale Hawerchuk Way
2) Dale Hawerchuk statue
3) First annual Ducky Pond Hockey Classic
4) Heritage licence plates
5) Heritage Blue Steel new official third jersey

You can read about them here.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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