Dan Hinote
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| Position | Right wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname(s) | Noter |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg/13 st 13 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
St. Louis Blues Colorado Avalanche |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | January 30, 1977 , Leesburg, FL, USA |
| NHL Draft | 167th overall, 1996 Colorado Avalanche |
| Pro career | 1999 – present |
Dan Hinote (born Daniel Chester Hinote January 30, 1977 in Leesburg, Florida, raised in Elk River, Minnesota) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He shoots right-handed and plays right wing.
Hinote accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1995, and initially planned on a career with the FBI. He left the Academy after playing two years with the NCAA's Army Black Knights, and he became the first NHL player ever to be drafted from West Point when the Colorado Avalanche selected him in the 7th round (167th overall pick) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He subsequently spent one and a half seasons playing major junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals of the OHL before turning pro with Colorado's AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, midway through the 1997–98 season. Hinote cracked the Avs' roster in 1999–2000 out of training camp, but spent most of that season in Hershey before making the NHL roster for good the next season. Hinote demonstrated good offensive potential as an NCAA, OHL, and AHL player. However, at the NHL level he has been known more for his defensive skills and efficient penalty killing than for scoring.
Hinote was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Avalanche lineup in 2001. In 2004–05, he joined MODO Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien during the NHL lockout.
On July 3, 2006 he signed a multi-year contract with the NHL's St. Louis Blues as an unrestricted free agent. A shoulder injury limited Hinote to only 41 games in his first season with the Blues. A recurring hip injury caused him to miss 24 games during the 2007–08 season.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Army | NCAA | 33 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | Army | NCAA | 34 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 60 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 35 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1998–99 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 65 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 95 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 55 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 96 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 2000–01 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | ||
| 2001–02 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2002–03 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 60 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 59 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | MODO | Sweden | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 162 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 73 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | ||
| 2006–07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007–08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 58 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 452 | 37 | 48 | 85 | 319 | 69 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 63 | ||||
