Dale Tallon
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| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 01 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb) |
| Pro clubs | Pittsburgh Penguins Chicago Black Hawks Vancouver Canucks |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | October 19, 1950 , Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada |
| NHL Draft | 2nd overall, 1970 Vancouver Canucks |
| Pro career | 1970 – 1980 |
Dale Lee Tallon (born October 19, 1950 in Noranda, Quebec) is the general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks ice hockey team in the National Hockey League, and is a former defenceman in the NHL.
Tallon was the Vancouver Canucks first-round selection and the second player chosen overall (behind Gilbert Perreault) in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. In his rookie season, he scored 14 goals and recorded 42 assists in 1970–71. His 17 goals for Vancouver in 1971–72 was a career high. Tallon appeared in the 1971 and 1972 NHL All-Star Games.
In 1972, Tallon was selected to Team Canada's roster for the Summit Series, though he never appeared in a game.
Tallon was traded to the then-Black Hawks on May 14, 1973. His best season in Chicago was in 1975–76, when he scored 15 goals and a career-high 47 assists. In five seasons with the Black Hawks, he scored 44 goals and added 112 assists. On October 9, 1978, Tallon was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second-round choice in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons with the Penguins, scoring 10 goals with 33 assists.
In his ten-season NHL career, Tallon scored 98 goals and had 238 assists for 336 points in 642 games played. He retired following the 1979–80 NHL season, after which he went to work for the Blackhawks as a broadcaster. Tallon spent 16 seasons as an analyst for Blackhawks radio and television broadcasts. Tallon also served the same role in the 2002–03 NHL season, between his two stints in the Blackhawks front office.
Tallon was named the eighth general manager of the Blackhawks on June 21, 2005. Tallon had served as the assistant general manager since November 5, 2003, assisting then general manager Bob Pulford. Tallon had previously served as the director of player personnel for the Blackhawks from 1998 to 2002.
Tallon's first season as the Blackhawks general manager was a busy one. The 2004–05 NHL season was lost to a labor dispute, and the new collective bargaining agreement between the owners and players was signed in July, 2005. Between the new financial structure and many rules changes intended to produce a higher scoring game, Tallon was challenged to build a new team. Tallon signed many free agents, including Nikolai Khabibulin [1], Adrian Aucoin [2], and Martin Lapointe [3], which led to raised expectations. The Blackhawks finished Tallon's first season with 26 wins, 43 losses, and 13 overtime losses, for 65 points, ranking the Blackhawks 14th in the 15-team Western Conference, and with the third least points in the NHL.
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Regular season and playoffs
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1967–68 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 50 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 88 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1968–69 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 48 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1969–70 | Toronto Malboros | OHA | 54 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 128 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 13 | ||
| 1970–71 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 78 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1971–72 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 69 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 78 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1972–73 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 75 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 83 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1973–74 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 65 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 1974–75 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1975–76 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 15 | 47 | 62 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1976–77 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 75 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 63 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979–80 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 32 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1979–80 | Syracuse Firebirds | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 642 | 98 | 238 | 336 | 568 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 45 | ||||
[edit] External links
- Dale Tallon's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Dale Tallon's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Dale Tallon's NHL player profile
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| NAME | Tallon, Dale |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trev, Captain Canuck |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Ice Hockey Player, NHL Executive |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
