Daniel Snyder

1978 - 2003  (25 years)

• Name	Daniel Snyder
  Born	23 Feb 1978
  Gender	Male
  Famous	Hockey Player
  Honoured	Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy - formerly named Humanitarian of the Year trophy
  Interesting	accident, misfortune, story
  Misfortune	killed in car crash.
  Occupation	hockey player
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-104713
  Died	5 Oct 2003
  	Cause: car accident
  Buried	Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Daniel Snyder's grave with flowers Elmira Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I104713	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel Joseph "Dan" Snyder (February 23, 1978 - October 5, 2003) was a professional Canadian ice hockey player. He played as a centre in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers. Following a single-vehicle accident in which he was a passenger, Snyder was injured and fell into a coma as a result. He died six days later of septic shock. Despite having played in only forty-nine NHL games, the Thrashers named an annual award after him. The Dan Snyder Memorial Award is given each year to the player who "best embodies perseverance, dedication, and hard work without reward or recognition, so that his team and teammates might succeed." After the Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg the Jets continued to present the award. The American Hockey League's (AHL) Chicago Wolves also have a yearly award given in his honor, the Dan Snyder Man of the Year Award, and have honored him by hanging a banner with other retired numbers and honored personnel. Likewise the Ontario Hockey League renamed their Humanitarian of the Year trophy in his honor as the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy. Wikipedia 2015

  
  

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  Buried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth