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Dustin Boyd
Kazakhstani-Canadian ice hockey player
Dustin James Boyd (born July 16, 1986) is a Canadian-Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He was most recently under contract with Barys Nur-Sultan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
| Dustin Boyd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1986-07-16) July 16, 1986 (age 37) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| team Former teams |
Free Agent Calgary Flames Nashville Predators Montreal Canadiens Barys Nur-Sultan Dynamo Moscow | ||
| National team |
 Kazakhstan | ||
| NHL draft |
98th overall, 2004 Calgary Flames | ||
| Playing career | 2006–2020 | ||
After playing two seasons with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League, Boyd was selected 98th overall in the third round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He made his NHL debut for the Flames on November 1, 2006, in a 3–2 away loss to the Detroit Red Wings. He played two games for the Flames before being returned to Omaha.
He scored his first NHL goal on January 6, 2007, on Marty Turco of the Dallas Stars. It was the game-winning goal. On Remembrance Day, November 11, 2008, Boyd received his first First Star of the Game in scoring two goals against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4–3 win.
In the 2009–10 season, his fourth with the Flames, he was traded to the Nashville Predators for a fourth round draft pick at the trade deadline on March 3, 2010.[1]
On June 29, 2010, he was traded by the Predators, along with teammate Dan Ellis, to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Sergei Kostitsyn.[2] Two days later he then signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Canadiens on July 1, 2010.[3] On November 8, 2010, he was placed on waivers by the Canadiens.[4] He cleared waivers and was sent down to their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. He remained under contract with Montreal and was called up and sent down once more.
On May 31, 2011, Boyd left the NHL and signed a one-year contract with Kazakh based KHL team, Barys Astana.[5] Over the course of the next six seasons with Barys, Boyd became a cult player for the club alongside fellow imports Brandon Bochenski and Nigel Dawes.
Upon the retirement of Bochenski following the 2016–17 season, Boyd opted to leave Barys as a free agent but continue in the KHL in securing a two-year deal with Dynamo Moscow on July 19, 2017.[6]
During the final year of his contract with Dynamo in the 2018–19 season, Boyd was scoreless in 5 appearances before leaving the club and returning to Barys Astana for the remainder of the campaign on September 27, 2018.[7]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Canada | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 2006 Canada | |
Boyd was also a member of the Canadian gold-medal-winning team in the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
On March 24, 2016, the IIHF announced it had approved a request to allow Boyd, Brandon Bochenski and Nigel Dawes to play for Kazakhstan at the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[8]
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Boyd graduated from Westwood Collegiate in 2004.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 63 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 72 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2004–05 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 66 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 64 | 48 | 42 | 90 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | Omaha Ak–Sar–Ben Knights | AHL | 66 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 48 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 71 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Quad City Flames | AHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 60 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 47 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2011–12 | Barys Astana | KHL | 53 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Barys Astana | KHL | 51 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Barys Astana | KHL | 49 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Barys Astana | KHL | 58 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Barys Astana | KHL | 51 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Barys Astana | KHL | 30 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 48 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Barys Astana | KHL | 51 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Barys Nur–Sultan | KHL | 51 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 210 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| KHL totals | 447 | 124 | 140 | 264 | 198 | 57 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 22 | ||||
International
- "Predators deal for Boyd". NHL. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- "Canadiens Ship Kostitsyn To Predators For Ellis, Boyd", TSN, 29 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-30
- "Canadiens ink Dustin Boyd". Montreal Canadiens. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- "A tough decision". Montreal Canadiens. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- "Astana recruit Montreal duo". hockeysverige.se (in Swedish). 2011-05-31. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- "Hietanen, Boyd sign contracts with Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- "Boyd returns to Astana" (in Russian). Barys Astana. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- Davide Tuniz (2016-03-24). "IIHF gives green light to Brandon Bochenski, Nigel Dawes and Dustin Boyd to play for Kazakhstan". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database