Past OHA-director and Gold Stick Award Winner was the architect of the ‘Tier 2 Team of the Century’
Paul Brydges, left, Guelph Platers owner Joe Holody and Guelph hockey legend Andy Bathgate pose with the Memorial Cup in 1986. Joe Holody passed away Wednesday at age 96.
Cambridge, ON – Joe Holody, the longtime owner of the Guelph Platers hockey club and member of the Guelph Sports Hall of Fame, passed away Wednesday at the age of 96.
Known by many as ‘Smokin Joe,’ Holody was a mainstay in the hockey ranks.
Growing up in Guelph, Holody started Holody Electro-Plating in 1955, an electroplating business that still operates today on Victoria Road South.
It is where Guelph’s junior hockey team got the moniker ‘Holody Platers’ in 1975, when Holody became full owner of the team.
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