RIP - Paul Cyr

[puckhead]

heart attack at 48. much too young.

good BC kid, played almost 500 NHL games.
top 10 pick for Buffalo in 1982

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Wow....what happened? Unexpected?

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

Sorry....just saw the heart attack part.... My bad...

 

[BOSSMANPC]

heart attack at 48. much too young.

good BC kid, played almost 500 NHL games.
top 10 pick for Buffalo in 1982

Holy shit puck, I was just talking about him the other day with a friend, we were talking about some of the Sabres in the earlier years. This is a shock I wonder what happened.


RIP Paul. :frown:


Edit: Just re read the post , heart attack. Damn!

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Sorry....just saw the heart attack part.... My bad...

I did the same thing Jimmy.

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

I did the same thing Jimmy.

I know, Boss...it was a shocker...I remember him well..sad news

 

[BOSSMANPC]

I know, Boss...it was a shocker...I remember him well..sad news

He has a terrific slap shot but had problems with his accuracy. Good kid though, always gave an effort. That's just way too young to go.

 

[puckhead]

He has a terrific slap shot but had problems with his accuracy. Good kid though, always gave an effort. That's just way too young to go.

we followed his career a fair bit out here.
Born on Vancouver Island (Port Alberni), and played his junior hockey on the Island as well (Victoria Cougars)
Being such a high draft pick, he was a local boy done good.
He was also on the team the first time Canada won the WJHC (1982)

never mistaken for a star, but a good honest hard worker.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

we followed his career a fair bit out here.
Born on Vancouver Island (Port Alberni), and played his junior hockey on the Island as well (Victoria Cougars)
Being such a high draft pick, he was a local boy done good.
He was also on the team the first time Canada won the WJHC (1982)

never mistaken for a star, but a good honest hard worker.

Yes sir, that sum's it up my friend. It is just scary to hear of a guy that age passing away from something like that. You never know when it's your time so we should all make the best of life.

 

[blindbaby]

I used to work with some guys from Port Alberni that used to hang out with him. Wow, too young.

RIP

 

[mattola]

i remember him as a player. RIP.

 

[ritari330]

Far too young, RIP.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Just read this about Cyr, that was a pretty good draft year for the Sabres. I mentioned in my earlier post what a great shot he had and they were hoping he would be the next Rick Martin...

Cyr was part of one of the most heralded rookie classes in the history of the Sabres. He was taken ninth overall in 1982 by the Sabres, who also selected Phil Housley and Dave Andreychuk in the first round that year. He had scored 52 goals in 58 games for Victoria of the Western Hockey League in 1981-82, and helped Canada win a gold medal in the World Junior Hockey Tournament. Buffalo had hopes that the left winger could develop into another Rick Martin.

Cyr broke in with the Sabres in 1982-83, scoring 15 goals in 36 games. A highlight came on March 3, 1983 when he scored all three goals for Buffalo in a span of 3 minutes, 27 seconds in a 3-2 win over the Bruins. Cyr had his best year in 1984-85, when he scored 22 goals.

Former Sabre Cyr is dead at 48 - Sabres & NHL - The Buffalo News

 

[buffhockey]

Hell of a shot.



RIP

 

[buffhockey]

A little news story about the life and man Paul Cyr.