Dave Hoyda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About Dave Hoyda
- 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. 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.
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