Larry Playfair
Playfair with the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team in 2011
Born (1958-06-23) June 23, 1958 (age 65)
Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Los Angeles Kings
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 13th overall, 1978
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1978–1990

Larry William Playfair (born June 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Playfair had a reputation as being a hard-working, pugnacious defender.[citation needed] He played for the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings in the NHL and he has worked as a color analyst for Sabres television broadcasts since his 1990 retirement due to chronic back problems.[1] His younger brother Jim Playfair shares a lot of the same characteristics - both were drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft (Larry in 1978 and Jim in 1982), and both played junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League.[2] However, Larry played 688 career NHL games; Jim a mere 21.

Playfair currently lives on Grand Island, New York.[when?][citation needed] He was president of the Sabres Alumni Association spanning at least December 2007 and March 2012.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 Langley Lords BCHL — — — — — — — — — —
1974–75 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1975–76 Langley Lords BCHL 72 10 20 30 162 — — — — —
1975–76 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0
1976–77 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 65 2 17 19 199 8 0 0 0 4
1977–78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 71 13 19 32 402 8 0 2 2 58
1978–79 Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 0 3 3 60 — — — — —
1978–79 Hershey Bears AHL 45 0 12 12 148 — — — — —
1979–80 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 2 10 12 145 14 0 2 2 29
1980–81 Buffalo Sabres NHL 75 3 9 12 169 8 0 0 0 26
1981–82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 77 6 10 16 258 4 0 0 0 22
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 79 4 13 17 180 5 0 1 1 11
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76 5 11 16 211 3 0 0 0 0
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 72 3 14 17 157 5 0 3 3 9
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 47 1 2 3 100 — — — — —
1985–86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 14 0 1 1 28 — — — — —
1986–87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37 2 7 9 181 — — — — —
1987–88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 54 0 7 7 197 3 0 0 0 14
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 6 0 3 3 16 — — — — —
1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 42 0 3 3 110 1 0 0 0 0
1989–90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
NHL totals 688 26 94 120 1814 43 0 6 6 111

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Joe Pelletier (June 14, 2007). "Larry Playfair". Greatest Hockey Legends.com: The Hockey History Blog. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  2. ^ "Hockey Goon: Larry Playfair". Hockey Goon (hockeygoon.com). Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  3. ^ "A Letter from Larry Playfair ..." Letter from the President. Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association (sabresalumni.com). Archived from the original on 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2015-09-02.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) . A similar letter is now from Rob Ray.

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Preceded byRic Seiling Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick 1978 Succeeded byMike Ramsey
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