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Larry Playfair

Larry Playfair

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1958)


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.

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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

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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.
Preceded by Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick
1978
Succeeded by

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