Dwight Schofield

American ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican ice hockey player
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth25 March 1956
Age68 years
The details

Biography

Dwight Hamilton Schofield (born March 25, 1956 in Waltham, Massachusetts and raised in Lynn, Massachusetts) is a retired American ice hockey player.
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."

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