Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Tupu ọ banye na NHL, Playfair gbara bọọlụ na Fort Saskatchewan Traders nke dị n'ebe ugwu Edmonton. Ọ gbara bọọlụ maka ndị Edmonton Oilers na Chicago Blackhawks n'oge ọrụ ya. Nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye bụ Larry Playfair nwere ọtụtụ njiri mara ya - ha abụọ bụ ndị a họpụtara na agba nke mbụ nke NHL Entry Draft (Larry na 1978 na Jim na
1982), ha abụọ na-egwuri egwu hockey maka Portland Winter Hawks nke Western Hockey League. Otú ọ dị, Larry gbara egwuregwu 688 na ọrụ NHL; Jim maka 21.