Larry Playfair


Larry William Playfair 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, 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.

Career statistics


--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1974-75 Langley Lords BCJHL 0 0 0 0 0
1974-75 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
1975-76 Langley Lords BCJHL 0 0 0 0 0
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 Hershey Bears AHL 45 0 12 12 148 -- -- -- -- --
1978-79 Buffalo Sabres NHL 26 0 3 3 60 -- -- -- -- --
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 16 209 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 -- -- -- -- --
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NHL Totals 688 26 94 120 1812 43 0 6 6 111