height_ft played_for wha_draft_year shoots weight_lb birth_place career_start draft_year career_end position draft_team height_in birth_date wha_draft article_title draft ntl_team wha_draft_team
5 detroit ambrì-piotta red wings buffalo sabres toronto maple leafs hc 1977 right 180 falconbridge , on , can 1977 1977 1991 centre detroit red wings 10 26 january 1957 35th overall dale mccourt
 1st overall can indianapolis racers
dale mccourt

dale allen mccourt -lrb- born january 26 , 1957 -rrb- is a former nhl ice hockey forward .
dale began his junior hockey career with the hamilton red wings in 1972 -- 73 .
two years later he was the team captain of the 1976 memorial cup champion hamilton fincups .
in 1977 he led the team to the hamilton spectator trophy .
he was awarded the red tilson trophy as `` most outstanding player '' in the oha , and voted chl player of the year for his efforts .
dale was also awarded the william hanley trophy as the oha 's `` most sportsmanlike player '' two consecutive years -lrb- 1975 -- 76 , 1976 -- 77 -rrb- .
in the 1977 world junior hockey championships mccourt scored 18 points , a canadian record he shares with brayden schenn and one point more than eric lindros and wayne gretzky .
he was drafted 1st overall by the detroit red wings in the 1977 nhl amateur draft .
when red wings general manager ted lindsay signed los angeles kings goaltender rogatien vachon , an nhl arbitrator ruled that mccourt should be the compensation paid the kings for vachon 's loss , but mccourt refused to report to the kings .
the matter was resolved and mccourt remained in detroit .
in later seasons , he played for the buffalo sabres and the toronto maple leafs .
he finished his career playing in switzerland for hc ambrì-piotta , where his jersey -lrb- number 15 -rrb- was retired .
mccourt 's brother dan was an nhl linesman during the 1980s and early 1990s , and his uncle is hockey hall of fame member , george armstrong .
