| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 155 |
| Birth Date: | December 5, 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1946 |
| Career End: | 1953 |
Robert George Fryday (December 5, 1928 – January 12, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played five games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1949–50 and 1951–52 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1946 to 1953, was spent in the minor leagues. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He scored one goal during his NHL career.[1]
Fryday played for the Montreal Junior Canadiens in 1947, scoring the game-winner in a preliminary round Memorial Cup play-off match against Halifax.[2] He was named an all-star that year at the right wing position.[3]
Fryday was called up on trial from the Montréal Royals for the Canadiens in 1950, tallying a goal in a 3-3 tie against Boston.[4]
Fryday also played for the Montréal Royals and Cincinnati Mohawks in 1952.[5] [6] In 1953, he played for the Buffalo Bisons, sustaining an injury in a January game against Pittsburgh and then being assigned to Victoria.[7] [8] However, Fryday did not report to the Victoria team for the 1953-54 season.[9]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1944–45 | Etobicoke Indians | OHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1945–46 | Toronto Maher Jewelers | TIHL | 20 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 27 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Junior Royals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 1947–48 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 44 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 64 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 1949–50 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 55 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Royals | QMHL | 43 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1951–52 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | Montreal Royals | QMHL | 51 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1951–52 | Cincinnati Mohawks | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1952–53 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 57 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| QSHL totals | 190 | 87 | 86 | 173 | 92 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 17 | ||||
| NHL totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||