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

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

|-

| 1979–80

| Nanaimo Clippers

| BCHL

| 60

| 28

| 52

| 80

| 202

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 73

| 11

| 16

| 27

| 122

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|-

| 1987–88

| Buffalo Sabres

| NHL

| 20

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 38

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 40

| 4

| 13

| 17

| 41

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|-

| 1988–89

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 470

! 101

! 140

! 241

! 623

! 24

! 4

! 6

! 10

! 31

|}

International

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

|-

| 1982

| Canada

| WJC

| 7

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 12

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983

| Canada

| WJC

| 7

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 19

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Junior totals

! 14

! 5

! 9

! 14

! 31

|}

Awards

  • WHL Second All-Star Team – 1982

References