Dave Amadio

David Augustus "Hoss" Amadio (April 23, 1939 – April 10, 1981) was a professional ice hockey player who played 125 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings.

Dave Amadio
Born (1939-04-23)April 23, 1939
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died April 10, 1981(1981-04-10) (aged 41)
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1958–1974

Amadio was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Amadio spent much of his professional career, playing 500 games over eight seasons, with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, including the team's Calder Cup championship in 1961–62. Amadio holds the AHL record for most goals by a defenseman in a game with five, scored against future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Gerry Cheevers and the Rochester Americans on February 8, 1964.[1] Amadio scored the first two goals of the next night's match against the Pittsburgh Hornets, for a total of seven goals in less than 40 minutes of play; he only four other goals in the entire season.

Following his retirement as a player after the 1974 season, Amadio coached a single season for the Calgary Centennials of the Western Canada Hockey League. He died of a heart attack in 1981, less than two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday.

References
  1. Brown, Garry (February 7, 2014). "Fifty years ago, the Springfield Indians' Dave Amadio set an AHL standard that still stands". Springfield Republican. Springfield, MA.


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