Paul Cyr

Paul Andre Cyr (October 31, 1963 – May 12, 2012) 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. He scored in the Boxing Day game versus the Soviet Union. In the tournament, he scored a total of four goals and ten points in the ten games he played. He was demoted to the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League the subsequent year, where remained until his retirement in 1993.

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