Dwight Schofield
Dwight Schofield | |||
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Born |
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. | March 25, 1956||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
Weight | 201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens St. Louis Blues Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins Winnipeg Jets | ||
NHL draft |
76th overall, 1976 Detroit Red Wings | ||
WHA draft |
62nd overal, 1976 New England Whalers | ||
Playing career | 1976–1988 |
Dwight Hamilton Schofield (born March 25, 1956) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Dwight currently lives in Brentwood, MO., a suburb in St. Louis, MO. and has worked many years as a coach and mentor to the younger players in the youth and High School programs.
Biography
As a youth, Schofield played in the 1968 and 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Boston.[1]
Selected in 1976 by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association, Schofield also played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Winnipeg Jets before he retired following the 1987–88 NHL season.
Schofield primarily played the role of enforcer throughout his professional career, typically assigned to protect his team's scorers. His reputation as a fighter with the Washington Capitals earned him the nickname "Sconan the Barbarian."
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- 1956 births
- American men's ice hockey defensemen
- Baltimore Skipjacks players
- Dayton Gems players
- Detroit Red Wings draft picks
- Detroit Red Wings players
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- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
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- Living people
- London Knights players
- Maine Mariners players
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- Sportspeople from Lynn, Massachusetts
- Sportspeople from Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players
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