Dave Amadio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
About 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. Amadio was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
- He played eight seasons for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, and holds the AHL record for most goals by a defenseman in a game with five, scored against goaltender Gerry Cheevers of the Rochester Americans on February 8, 1964.
- 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 scored eleven 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.
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