Paul Cyr

Paul Andre Cyr (October 31, 1963 – May 12, 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="passes">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="passes"/> 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.<ref name="alberni">Template:Cite web</ref> He scored in the Boxing Day game versus the Soviet Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the tournament, he scored a total of four goals and ten points in the ten games he played.<ref name="alberni"/>

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.<ref name="nhl">Template:Cite web</ref> He was demoted to the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League the subsequent year, where remained until his retirement in 1993.<ref name="passes"/>

Cyr played in a total of 470 games in the NHL over nine seasons, scoring 101 goals and 140 assists.<ref name="nhl"/>

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.<ref name="passes"/> Cyr died of heart failure in May 2012.<ref name=death>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

External links

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