Robert "Bob" Boyd (born November 27, 1951) is a Canadian former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defenceman who played in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association (french: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

(WHA).

Career

Boyd was drafted in the eighth round of the

1971 NHL Amateur Draft The 1971 NHL Amateur Draft was the ninth NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Larry Robinson, who retired after the 1991– ...

by the

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

. He played parts of two WHA seasons with the

Minnesota Fighting Saints The Minnesota Fighting Saints was the name of two professional ice hockey teams based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that played in the World Hockey Association. The first team was one of the WHA's original twelve franchises, playing from 1972 to 19 ...

.. Retrieved March 22, 2014.

Awards and honors

References

External links

* 1951 births AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Canadian ice hockey defencemen Detroit Red Wings draft picks Johnstown Jets players Living people Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey players Minnesota Fighting Saints players Niagara Falls Flyers (1960–1972) players Ice hockey people from Toronto Suncoast Suns (SHL) players Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub