Dale begins his 12^th season as the Owner, President and Head Coach of the London Knights.  Dale has been head coach of the London Knights Hockey Club from November 2001 – November 2011.   In 2011, Dale took the head coaching for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League but announced at the end of the season that he would be returning as head coach of the London Knights for the start of the 2012-2013 season.   

During his time with the London Knights, he has compiled a record of 431-184-23-23 in 593 games.   He has the Best Winning Percentage in the history of the OHL.   Dale became the fastest coach in the history of the OHL to record 300 wins when he won his 300^th game in the 1^st game of the 2008-2009 season.   He was named Canadian Hockey League Coach of the Year in 2003-2004 and led the London Knights to their 1^st ever Memorial Cup Championship in 2004-2005 after compiling an CHL Record of 59-7-2-0 and then going 20-2-0-0 in the play-offs.

During his time as coach of the London Knights the team has won 50 or more games 3 times and finished 1^st in the OHL 4 times.  Last season marked the 6^th time in 9 years his team finished with 100 points or more.   During his time he has worked with current NHLer’s such as Rick Nash , Corey Perry, Brandon Prust, David Bolland, Sam Gagner, and Patrick Kane.   During his time with London he has also coached three 1^st Overall NHL Draft Picks during their Draft Year (Rick Nash in 2002, Patrick Kane in 2007 and John Tavares in 2009).

Prior to purchasing the London Knights in May 2000 from the Tarry Family , Dale served as Director of Player Development for the Washington Capitals in 1999-2000.  As a player, Dale spent 19 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals and Colorado Avalanche.   His #32 was retired by the Washington Capitals following his career.   He is a graduate of the Ontario Hockey League having played for both the Kitchener Rangers and Sudbury Wolves.   In the offseason Dale enjoys horse-racing, farming and golf.