{"id":863071,"date":"2026-08-18T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:36:09","slug":"winnipeg-jets-remember-dale-hawerchuk-six-years-after-his-death-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863071\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets remember Dale Hawerchuk six years after his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Jets continue to remember former star Jets player Dale Hawerchuk, six years after his death.<\/p>\n<p>The team posted a collection of photos of the former Jets captain on social media, saying, &#8220;Today we continue to remember the life and legacy of our dear friend, Dale.\u00a0His passion for the game and love for our community will forever inspire us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n<p>Hawerchuk died in 2020 after a battle with cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After an incredibly brave and difficult battle with cancer, our dad has passed away. My family is so proud of him and the way he fought,&#8221; Dale&#8217;s son Eric tweeted at the time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hawerchuk was 57 years old.<\/p>\n<p>He played with the Winnipeg Jets from 1981 to 1990 after being selected first overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Jets continue to remember former star Jets player Dale Hawerchuk, six years after his death. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-863071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}