Larry David Floyd (born May 1, 1961) is a

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former professional

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and coach. Floyd played for numerous professional teams during his career from 1982 until 1984, including twelve games with the

New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The club w ...

of the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

(NHL). Floyd also played

roller hockey Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates. It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 cou ...

for the

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in the RHI.

Biography

Floyd was born in

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. As a youth, he played in the 1974

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with a

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team from Peterborough. He later played

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with the

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from 1978 until 1982. Floyd was not drafted by the NHL, and he pursued a professional career independently. After a professional tryout with the

Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans (colloquially known as the Amerks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Rochester, New York. They are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home g ...

in 1982, Floyd signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Devils in October 1982 and made his NHL debut February 27, 1983. Floyd would play 75 games that season with the

Wichita Wind The Wichita Wind were a minor league ice hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas from 1980 to 1983. They were the feeder team of the Edmonton Oilers (1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons) and the New Jersey Devils (1982–83). The Wind played in the Centr ...

and seven games with the Devils. The following season (1983–84), Floyd was a member of the

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and played five games with the Devils. Floyd would remain in the organization until 1987. In 1987–88, Floyd split the season between Innsbrucker EV of the Austrian League and the

Utica Devils The Utica Devils were a professional ice hockey team of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team was based in Utica, New York, and played its home games at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. History The Utica Devils were AHL affiliate of the Natio ...

. In 1988–89, Floyd moved to the

Cape Breton Oilers The Cape Breton Oilers were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team was the top minor league affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers' organization relocated the team from Hal ...

, an affiliate of the

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, where he became an assistant coach as well as a player. Floyd moved to the Phoenix Roadrunners for the next season, then finally to the

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, where he played four seasons. During his last two seasons, Floyd also played roller hockey with the

. In 1994, Floyd turned to coaching, becoming a full-time coach with the Detroit Falcons of the Colonial League. In 1995, Floyd became head coach of the

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, coaching the team for three seasons, each year making the playoffs. Floyd picked up one more season of coaching in 1998–99 with the

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Playing career

Career statistics

Roller hockey

1993 and 1994:

( RHI)

Coach

1988–89:

( AHL)
1994–95: Detroit Falcons (

CoHL The United Hockey League (UHL), originally known as the Colonial Hockey League from 1991 to 1997 and last known as the International Hockey League from 2007 to 2010, was a low-level minor professional ice hockey league, with teams in the Unite ...

)
1995–96:

( SHL)
1996–98:

( CHL)
1998–99:

( UHL)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd, Larry 1961 births Canadian ice hockey centres Cape Breton Oilers players Innsbrucker EV players Living people Maine Mariners (AHL) players New Jersey Devils players Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players Rochester Americans players San Diego Barracudas players San Diego Gulls (IHL) players Ice hockey people from Peterborough, Ontario Undrafted National Hockey League players Utica Devils players Wichita Wind players Canadian inline hockey players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen