Larry Playfair
Playfair with the Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team in 2011
Born (1958-06-23) June 23, 1958
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 19781990

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. 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. 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 GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1974–75 Langley Lords BCHL
1974–75 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 10000
1975–76 Langley Lords BCHL 72102030162
1975–76 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 30000
1976–77 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 6521719199 80004
1977–78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 71131932402 802258
1978–79 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2603360
1978–79 Hershey Bears AHL 4501212148
1979–80 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7921012145 1402229
1980–81 Buffalo Sabres NHL 753912169 800026
1981–82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7761016258 400022
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7941317180 501111
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7651116211 30000
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7231417157 50339
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 47123100
1985–86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1401128
1986–87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37279181
1987–88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 54077197 300014
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 603316
1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 42033110 10000
1989–90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 40112
NHL totals 68826941201814 43066111

Awards

  • WCHL First All-Star Team – 1978

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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