Eric Daze

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Position	Winger
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg/16 st 11 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Unrestricted Free Agent Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	Canada
Born	July 2, 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 32), Montreal, QC, CAN
NHL Draft	90th overall, 1993 Chicago Blackhawks
Pro career	1994 – 2005

Éric Dazé (born July 2, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft (with the draft pick the Blackhawks received with Stephane Beauregard for Dominik Hašek), having starred for the Beauport of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He had early success, and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1996 after scoring thirty goals as a rookie. He scored at least twenty goals in each season between 1996 and 2003, even when struggling with injuries, and was named to the All-Star Game in 2002. He became a fan favourite in Chicago with his power forward style of play and displayed a combination of size and good scoring ability.

However, Dazé ran into severe back problems during his career, which limited him to only 19 games in the 2003–04 season. Even after three herniated discs surgeries in a five-year span, pain was still a problem in Dazé's back when he attempted to return to the Blackhawks in 2005–06. He quietly left professional hockey after playing a single period in the season opener for the Blackhawks that season.