Dave Hunter brings a decade of professional and amateur scouting experience to the NHL, starting part-time as a scout for amateurs and advancing to the role of pro scout. He worked alongside Seattle GM Ron Francis with the Carolina Hurricanes. Hunter played all four college years at Cornell from 1982 to 1986 and has deep coaching experience at Massachusetts high schools, including helping lead the first public high school team to coveted state champions in hockey-mad Massachusetts. As head coach at MIT for four seasons, he won two championships in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association.

Hunter was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but he was raised in the hockey hotbed of St. Catharines, Ont., where he played junior hockey.