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. Cyr played in a total of 470 games in the NHL over nine seasons, scoring 101 goals and 140 assists. ==Personal life and death==