David Fenyves

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David Fenyves
Born (1960-04-29) April 29, 1960 (age 64)
Dunnville, Ontario
, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1980–1993

David Alan Fenyves (born April 29, 1960) is a

defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers
.

Playing career

Fenyves was born in

penalty minutes in 191 games and was part of their Memorial Cup championship team in 1979. Fenyves signed with the Buffalo Sabres entering the 1980–1981 season and spent most of the next four seasons with their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans
.

Fenyves became a full-time NHL'er during the

Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
as the playoffs' Most Valuable Player.

The following season, Fenyves signed with the Philadelphia Flyers, where he spent the majority of the next six seasons with their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears before retiring after the 1992–1993 season. Following the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, Fenyves was awarded the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL's best defenceman, as voted on by the AHL media and players.

For his career, Fenyves played in 206 National Hockey League games (148 with the Buffalo Sabres and 58 with the Philadelphia Flyers), totaling 35 points and 119 penalty minutes, and appeared in 11 games with the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL playoffs.

In 2004, Fenyves was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame.

In 2017, "Fenway" was inducted into the sixth class of the Hershey Bears Hall of Fame.[1]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Dunnville Jr. Mudcats NDJCHL 46 10 21 31 52
1977–78 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 59 3 12 15 36 21 1 1 2 19
1977–78 Peterborough Petes MC 5 0 1 1 0
1978–79 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 66 2 23 25 122 19 0 5 5 18
1978–79 Peterborough Petes MC 5 0 0 0 0
1979–80 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 66 9 36 45 92 14 0 3 3 14
1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 77 6 16 22 146
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 73 3 14 17 68 5 0 1 1 4
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 24 0 8 8 14 4 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Rochester Americans AHL 51 2 19 21 45
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 0 7
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 70 3 16 19 55 16 1 4 5 22
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 1 8 9 27 5 0 0 0 2
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 9 0 3 3 8
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 47 0 7 7 37
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 1 0 1 0
1986–87 Rochester Americans AHL 71 6 16 22 57 18 3 12 15 10
1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 0 0 0
1987–88 Hershey Bears AHL 75 11 40 51 47 12 1 8 9 10
1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 1 0
1988–89 Hershey Bears AHL 79 15 51 66 41 12 2 6 8 6
1989–90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 0 0 0 4
1989–90 Hershey Bears AHL 66 6 37 43 57
1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 1 4 5 28
1990–91 Hershey Bears AHL 29 4 11 15 13 7 0 3 3 6
1991–92 Hershey Bears AHL 68 4 24 28 29 6 1 1 2 10
1992–93 Hershey Bears AHL 42 3 11 14 14
AHL totals 710 63 258 321 580 76 8 35 43 68
NHL totals 206 3 32 35 119 11 0 0 0 9

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1980 Canada
WJC
5 0 0 0 8

References

  1. ^ a b c Mace, Kyle (17 December 2017). "Hershey Bears Hall of Fame 2017: Doug Yingst headlines sixth class". Chocolate Hockey.

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Preceded by Winner of the
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
1986–87
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Eddie Shore Award
1987–88 & 1988–89
Succeeded by