Dale Hunter Dale Robert Hunter ( born July 31 , 1960 , in Petrolia , Ontario ) is a former Canadian player and current co - owner of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League and current Head Coach of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League . NHL career . Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , Hunter played seven seasons in Quebec before he was traded the Washington Capitals in return for a draft pick used to select Joe Sakic . Hunter currently has the second - most penalty minutes in NHL history , amassing a staggering 3565 penalty minutes . Dale Hunter served as the team captain for the Capitals . He broke the 1000 points barrier ( and is the NHL record holder for requiring the most games to do so , at 1308 , as well having the most penalty minutes when reaching that scoring milestone ) and played in the NHL All - Star game in 1997 . The following year , he led the fourth seeded Capitals to their first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals , defeating the Boston Bruins , Ottawa Senators , and Buffalo Sabres , but they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in the finals . He finished off his career with the Colorado Avalanche , the successor to the Nordiques , and helped the team to reach the Western Conference finals , losing in seven games to the eventual cup winners Dallas Stars . Hunter is the only player in NHL history to score two overtime winners in the final possible game of a Stanley Cup playoff series , scoring in overtime for Quebec in Game 5 of their 1982 opening round best - of - 5 series vs . the Montreal Canadiens , and in 1988 scoring against Ron Hextall on a breakaway in overtime for Washington in Game 7 of their opening round best - of - 7 series vs . the Philadelphia Flyers . Post - NHL . Hunter ' s jersey number ( # 32 ) was retired by the Capitals on March 11 , 2000 . During the ceremony , the Capitals presented Hunter with one of the penalty boxes from the Capital Centre ( the Capitals former home arena ) , symbolic of his exceptional amount of time served for penalties . Hunter became the co - owner , president and head coach of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League , which won the 2005 Memorial Cup . On January 1 , 2006 , Hunter and his brother , fellow former NHLer Mark Hunter , as co - owners of the London Knights , were named to the 2006 Mayor ' s New Year ' s Honours List for Sports by the City of London , Ontario . Hunter ' s older brother Dave Hunter is also a former NHLer . His son Dylan Hunter is a prospect in the Buffalo Sabres system and his son Tucker currently plays for the Knights . On November 28 , 2011 , Hunter was hired as the Washington Capitals new Head Coach . Notoriety . Hunter achieved notoriety for fouling other players . He holds one of the NHL ' s longest suspension records : 21 games for delivering a cross check to Pierre Turgeon from behind . Late in the deciding Game 6 of the 1993 Patrick Division Semifinals between the Capitals and New York Islanders , Turgeon stole the puck from Hunter and scored , putting the game out of reach . Hunter , who was trailing Turgeon on the play , checked Turgeon just after the goal while he started to celebrate . Turgeon sustained a separated shoulder from the hit , causing him to miss the following playoff series against the Penguins , though he played in Game 7 of that series , and much of the series against the Montreal Canadiens . During that first - round series , Hunter had led his team with eight postseason goals . New NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman , who had earlier promised to crack down on violence , suspended Hunter for the first 21 games of the 1993 – 94 season — at the time , the longest suspension in league history for an on - ice incident ( in terms of games missed ) . Years later , Hunter admitted that he ' d gone too far . However , according to his former Quebec Nordiques coach Michel Bergeron , even though Hunter was nicknamed the " Nuisance " on ice ( " La Petite Peste " in French ) , he was known to be " humble " in the dressing room and a sort of " gentleman " , close to all the players . He was the " perfect player " , always the first to arrive at practice and ready to do all his best for the team . Thanks to his charisma , Hunter was a fan favourite in both Quebec and Washington . His leaving made Quebec very sad , and was seen as an obvious " mistake " linked to the team ' s future decline . Hunter currently has the second - most penalty minutes in NHL history , after Dave " Tiger " Williams . As of the end of the 2005 – 06 NHL season , he holds the record for most number of playoff games played without playing for a Stanley Cup - winning team , at 186 games . Career statistics . Hunter is the only player in NHL history to amass over 1000 points and over 3000 minutes and penalties together .