Dan Hinote
Shoots: Right
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 30, 1977 - Leesburg, Florida
Transactions
Colorado's ninth choice (167th overall) in the 1996 Entry Draft
Career
Career Notes: Began the 1999-00 season in Colorado before being reassigned to Hershey on 10/13/99...
Would be recalled and reassigned on four more occasions...
Played in his first NHL game 10/5/99 at Nashville...
Recorded his first NHL point on an assist 10/10/99 at NY Islanders and his first NHL goal 3/4/00 vs. Tampa Bay...
Set minor pro bests in goals (28), assists (31) and points (59) with Hershey in 1999-00, averaging better than a point per game...
His 28 goals ranked third on the squad...
Participated in the AHL All Star Classic January 16 & 17 in Rochester, NY as a member of PlanetUSA, recording an assist...
Named Hershey's Most Improved Player for the 1999-00 regular season, winning the Lester Kinney Award...
Paced the AHL in shooting percentage with a 24.3% mark...
Led the Bears in goals (3) and points (4) during the 1999 Calder Cup Playoffs...
Attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for one year before deciding to pursue a hockey career full time...
Had aspirations of becoming an FBI agent and remains interested in doing so after hockey...
Played in the Shjon Podein Charity Golf Tournament this past June...
Enjoys golfing and fishing...
Favorite other sport is football (Minnesota Vikings)...
Lists Key West as his favorite vacation spot and his father as his boyhood idol...
First job was waiting tables at a Perkins Restaurant.
