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Dave Hoyda

Dave Hoyda

Canadian ice hockey player

David Allan Hoyda (May 20, 1957 – February 8, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Hoyda played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Winnipeg Jets.[1] He was known primarily as an enforcer.

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Hoyda was raised in Cherhill, Alberta, and later attended St. Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton while he played Canadian Junior "A" hockey with the Spruce Grove Mets.[2] Hoyda and the Mets won the 1975 Canadian Junior "A" national championship. He moved up to Major Junior hockey for his next two seasons, playing with the Edmonton Oil Kings/Portland Winterhawks (franchise moved).

Hoyda was drafted in both the World Hockey Association and NHL Amateur Drafts in 1977, signing a contract with the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers.

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References

  1. [1]
    "David Allan Hoyda (1957 - 2015)". The Barrhead Leader. February 24, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "David Allan Hoyda, 1957 - 2015, Obituary". Mobley Dodson Funeral Service. February 10, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
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