# Dave Amadio

David Augustus "Hoss" Amadio (April 23, 1939 – April 10, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 125 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings between 1958 and 1969. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1958 to 1974, was spent in various minor leagues.

## Early life

Amadio was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and raised in Donkin, Nova Scotia.

## Career

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. 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 scored 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.

## Death

Amadio died of a heart attack in 1981, less than two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1954–55 | Glace Bay Miners | CBJHL | 30 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1955–56 | Burlington Hallidays | COJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1956–57 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA | 44 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1957–58 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA | 52 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 122 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 56 |
| 1957–58 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1957–58 | Hershey Bears | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958–59 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1959–60 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1959–60 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 50 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 139 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| 1960–61 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 25 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 58 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 1962–63 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 71 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963–64 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 72 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1964–65 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 72 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965–66 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 72 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1966–67 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 66 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1967–68 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 58 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1967–68 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1968–69 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 65 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1969–70 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 40 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1970–71 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 30 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 35 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971–72 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | WHL | 68 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | WHL | 72 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 129 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 1973–74 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 70 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHL totals | AHL totals | AHL totals | 468 | 59 | 139 | 198 | 687 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 125 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 163 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |