Dale Tallon

Michael "Dale" Tallon, born October 19, 1950, is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player. A defenceman, he played ten years in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Black Hawks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. As a junior, he played in the 1961 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with Noranda and began his junior career at sixteen with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association.

Following his retirement as a player, Tallon began a broadcasting career with the Blackhawks that lasted sixteen years. In 1998, he joined the front office as director of player personnel, working his way up to general manager. He served in that capacity from 2005 to 2009, helping rebuild the team into a Stanley Cup winner in 2010, by which point he had been demoted to assistant general manager. In May 2010, he was named general manager of the Florida Panthers for the 2010–11 NHL season, a position he held until August 2020. He returned to the Canucks organization in 2022 as a scout and senior adviser.

Tallon is also a distinguished golfer, having won the 1969 Canadian Junior Golf Championship and participated in the Canadian PGA Tour.