Paul Cyr

Paul Cyr (born October 31, 1963 in Port Alberni, British Columbia) is a Canadian former left wing. He 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 WHL from 1980 to 1982.

The Buffalo Sabres drafted Cyr ninth overall in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He made his debut for the Sabres that year, and would play 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 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, before being demoted to the AHL Springfield Indians the subsequent year, where he would remain until his retirement in 1993.

Cyr played in a total of 470 games in the NHL over nine seasons, scoring 101 goals and 140 assists. He was also a member of the first Canadian team to win a gold medal in the 1982 World Junior Championships.

Cyr died of heart failure in Nakusp, British Columbia on May 12, 2012 at age 48.

Career statistics
--- Regular Season ---  Playoffs Season  Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM -- 1979-80 Nanaimo Clippers            BCJHL   0    0    0    0    0 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 Springfield Indians         AHL    43   11   18   29   30  11   0   3   3  12 1991-92 Hartford Whalers            NHL    17    0    3    3   19  --  --  --  --  -- 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