Shot Left Height 1.85 m Position Winger Role Ice hockey player Career end 1981 | Name Dave Hoyda Career start 1977 Playing career Weight 93 kg | |
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Born May 20, 1957Edmonton, AB, CAN ( 1957-05-20 ) Played for Philadelphia FlyersWinnipeg Jets NHL Draft 53rd overall, 1977Philadelphia Flyers WHA Draft 60th overall, 1977Edmonton Oilers Died February 8, 2015, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Flyers at Islanders bench clearing brawl Jan 6, 1979
David Allan Hoyda (May 20, 1957 – February 8, 2015) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Hoyda played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Winnipeg Jets. He was known primarily as an enforcer.
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- Flyers at Islanders bench clearing brawl Jan 6 1979
- Dave hoyda vs derek smith mel bridgman vs ric seiling apr 22 1978
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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. 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.