Dan Snyder (ice hockey)

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."

Snyder's play improved following the talk, eventually earning the Sugar Kings rookie of the year honors.

[1] The following year he tried out for the Owen Sound Platers, a Major junior team playing in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

On September 29, 2003, Snyder was critically injured after the Ferrari 360 Modena, being driven by his friend and teammate Dany Heatley, crashed.

[10] He pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane, and speeding.

He was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding, and pay $25,000 to Fulton County for the cost of investigating the crash.

[15] Canadian band The Tragically Hip recorded a song called "Heaven Is a Better Place Today" in honor of Snyder.

Snyder felt that the project needed to be completed much quicker and wanted to help make it happen sooner.