Paul Cyr
Born (1963-10-31)October 31, 1963
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Died May 12, 2012(2012-05-12) (aged 48)
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
Hartford Whalers
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 9th overall, 1982
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1982–1993

Paul Andre Cyr (October 31, 1963 – May 12, 2012)[1][2] was a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing who played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Career

Cyr began his career with the Nanaimo Clippers of the British Columbia Hockey League, for whom he played the 1979–80 season, and then the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League from 1980 to 1982.[2] He was a member of the first Canadian team to win a gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championship in 1982. Cyr only made the team after being recalled due to another player's injury.[3] He scored in the Boxing Day game versus the Soviet Union.[4] In the tournament, he scored a total of four goals and ten points in the ten games he played.[3]

The Buffalo Sabres drafted Cyr ninth overall in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He made his debut for the Sabres that year, and played the next six seasons for the team, before being traded midway through the 1987–88 season to the New York Rangers in exchange for Mike Donnelly and a fifth round draft pick. After two injury-plagued seasons with the Rangers, Cyr signed as a free agent with the Hartford Whalers before the 1990–91 season. He had one successful year with the Whalers, appearing in 70 games and scoring 25 points.[5] He was demoted to the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League the subsequent year, where remained until his retirement in 1993.[2]

Cyr played in a total of 470 games in the NHL over nine seasons, scoring 101 goals and 140 assists.[5]

Personal life and death

In 1987, Cyr was shot in the stomach while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. He recovered. His house burned down during his retirement, which he rebuilt himself.[2] Cyr died of heart failure in May 2012.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1979–80 Nanaimo Clippers BCHL 60 28 52 80 202 — — — — —
1979–80 Victoria Cougars WHL — — — — — 7 0 0 0 4
1980–81 Victoria Cougars WHL 64 36 22 58 85 14 6 5 11 46
1981–82 Victoria Cougars WHL 58 52 56 108 167 4 3 2 5 12
1982–83 Victoria Cougars WHL 20 21 22 43 61 — — — — —
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 36 15 12 27 59 10 1 3 4 6
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 16 27 43 52 3 0 1 1 0
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 22 24 46 63 5 2 2 4 15
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 71 20 31 51 120 — — — — —
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 73 11 16 27 122 — — — — —
1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 20 1 1 2 38 — — — — —
1987–88 New York Rangers NHL 40 4 13 17 41 — — — — —
1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1990–91 Hartford Whalers NHL 70 12 13 25 107 6 1 0 1 10
1991–92 Hartford Whalers NHL 17 0 3 3 19 — — — — —
1991–92 Springfield Indians AHL 43 11 18 29 30 11 0 3 3 12
1992–93 Springfield Indians AHL 41 7 14 21 44 15 3 2 5 12
NHL totals 470 101 140 241 623 24 4 6 10 31

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1982 Canada WJC 7 4 6 10 12
1983 Canada WJC 7 1 3 4 19
Junior totals 14 5 9 14 31

Awards

  • WHL Second All-Star Team – 1982

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Cyr Stats". NHL.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Former Alberni NHLer passes away". Alberni Valley News. May 23, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Alberni hockey player honoured for World Junior Hockey Championship appearance". Alberni Valley News. December 24, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Wharnsby, Tim (December 22, 2001). "Canada's golden anniversary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Snow, Keith. "Former Sabre Cyr Dead at 48". NHL.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Former NHLer Cyr dead at 48". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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