Larry Playfair

Larry William Playfair (born June 23, 1958 in Fort St. James, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey player with a reputation as 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. 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. However, Larry played 688 career NHL games; Jim a mere 21.

Playfair currently lives on Grand Island, New York. Evidently he was President of the Sabres Alumni Association spanning at least December 2007 and March 2012.

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SeasonTeamLgeGPGAPtsPIMGPGA Pts PIM
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1974-75Langley LordsBCJHL00000
1974-75Kamloops ChiefsWCHL10000----------
1975-76Langley LordsBCJHL00000
1975-76Kamloops ChiefsWCHL----------30000
1976-77Portland Winter HawksWCHL652171919980004
1977-78Portland Winter HawksWCHL71131932402802258
1978-79Hershey BearsAHL4501212148----------
1978-79Buffalo SabresNHL2603360----------
1979-80Buffalo SabresNHL79210121451402229
1980-81Buffalo SabresNHL753912169800026
1981-82Buffalo SabresNHL7761016258400022
1982-83Buffalo SabresNHL7941317180501111
1983-84Buffalo SabresNHL765111620930000
1984-85Buffalo SabresNHL723141715750339
1985-86Buffalo SabresNHL47123100----------
1985-86Los Angeles KingsNHL1401128----------
1986-87Los Angeles KingsNHL37279181----------
1987-88Los Angeles KingsNHL54077197300014
1988-89Los Angeles KingsNHL603316----------
1988-89Buffalo SabresNHL4203311010000
1989-90Buffalo SabresNHL40112----------
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