Career
He was known primarily as an enforcer. Hoyda was raised in Cherhill, Alberta, and later attended Saint Francis Xavier High School in Edmonton while he played Canadian Junior "A" hockey with the Spruce Grove Mets. 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 National Hockey League Amateur Drafts in 1977, signing a contract with the National Hockey League"s Philadelphia Flyers.
