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Dale Weise

Dale Weise
Dale Weise - Montreal Canadiens.jpg
Weise with the Montreal Canadiens in January 2015
Born (1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 28)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams
Philadelphia Flyers
New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks
Montreal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Draft 111th overall, 2008
New York Rangers
Playing career 2008–present

Dale Kenton Weise (born August 5, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Following a three-year major junior career with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was selected 111th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He spent three years in the Rangers' farm system before being picked up by Vancouver Canucks on waivers in October 2011. Weise is known as a physical fourth-line forward in the NHL. During the 2012–13 NHL lock-out, Weise joined Dutch Eredivisie side Tilburg Trappers. Weise was traded from the Vancouver Canucks to the Montreal Canadiens on February 3, 2014, in exchange for defenceman Raphael Diaz.

Weise played three years of major junior ice hockey for the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). During his rookie WHL season in 2005–06, he scored 18 points (four goals and 14 assists) over 53 games. He dressed in an addition four playoff games without recording a point as the Broncos were eliminated by the Medicine Hat Tigers. The following season, Weise improved to 43 points (18 goals and 25 assists) over 67 games, ranking second in team scoring, behind centre Levi Nelson. He then recorded one assist in six playoff games as the Broncos were eliminated in the first round for the second consecutive year, this time by the Regina Pats.


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