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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Lyndon Byers
Selected in
second round
No. 39 overall by Boston Bruins
Born
February 29, 1964
 | Position:
Right Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Regina (WHL)
Birthplace:
Nipawin, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Hometown: Nipawin, Saskatchewan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1980-81 |
Notre Dame | Sask. AAA |
37 | 35 |
42 | 77 |
106 | | 1981-82 |
Regina | WHL |
57 | 18 |
25 | 43 |
169 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Sask. AAA All-Star Second Team: 1980-81 (Notre Dame)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
No. 13 overall prospect and No. 8 WHL prospect for the 1982 NHL draft. ...
Missed part of 1980-81 season with broken right wrist, an injury suffered in
April 1981. ... Traded by Saskatoon (WHL) to Regina in exchange for Todd Strueby in
September 1981. ... Attended Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox,
Saskatchewan, before entering major junior hockey. ... Tore knee ligaments
playing rugby in weeks before 1982 draft, although the injury was unknown to
scouts. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 5, 1984 (Quebec at Boston)
Numbers:
12, 8, 33, 34 (Boston); 22
(San Jose)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1984-1993 |
Boston, San Jose | 279 |
28 | 43 |
71 | 1,081 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1987-1992 |
Boston | 37 |
2 | 2 |
4 | 96 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1990 (Boston)
Boston Penalty-Minutes
Leader: 1988-89 (218), 1989-90 (159)
1987-88: Played on Boston team that went to Stanley Cup Finals.
Appeared in 11 postseason games, but did not play in any of Boston's finals
series games vs. Edmonton.
Miscellaneous: Missed remainder of Boston's 1987 training camp and start
of 1987-88 season with torn ligaments in right knee, an injury suffered
during Boston's training camp in September 1987. ... Missed parts of 1987-88
season with separated left shoulder, an injury suffered in November 1987,
with bruised right hand, an injury suffered in March 1988, and with bruised
left thigh, an injury suffered in April 1988. ... Missed part of Boston's
1988 training camp with dislocated jaw, an injury suffered in September
1988. ... Missed parts of 1988-89 season with separated right shoulder, an
injury suffered during Boston's Dec. 17, 1988, game vs. Quebec, and with
infected cut on left elbow, an injury suffered in February 1989. ... Missed
remainder of 1988-89 regular season and start of 1989 playoffs with
separated right shoulder, an injury suffered during Boston's March 22, 1989,
game at Hartford. ... Missed start of 1989-90 season with left knee injury,
suffered during Boston's Sept. 29, 1989, preseason game vs. Montreal in
Providence, R.I. ... Missed parts of 1989-90 season with torn tendon in left
thumb, an injury suffered in fight with Alan May during Boston's Dec. 9,
1989, game vs. Washington, and with broken left foot, suffered in
February 1990. ... Missed parts of 1990-91 season with strained
quadriceps muscle, an injury suffered during Boston's Oct. 11, 1990, game at
Minnesota, and with bruised lower back, an injury suffered when he was checked by
Mark Pederson during Boston's Nov. 17, 1990, game vs. Montreal. ... Missed
remainder of 1990-91 regular season with left foot injury, suffered
during Boston's Dec. 16, 1990, exhibition game vs. touring Soviet Khimik
team. Although he was suspended from playing in NHL games during that
period, he was allowed to play in the exhibition game, which proved to be
even more costly than his suspension. Because he was suspended, Byers did not realize his foot was broken for nearly three weeks after
suffering the injury, which required surgery to repair a broken navicular
bone on Feb. 8, 1991. In his attempt to come back from the surgery, Byers
re-broke his left foot during Boston's practice on March 25, 1991. As a
result, he missed the remainder of the 1990-91 regular season and the start
of the 1991 playoffs. He did not return to action until Game 4 of Boston's
Wales Conference finals series at Pittsburgh on May 7, 1991. ... Missed part
of 1991-92 season with groin injury, suffered during Boston's Oct. 27, 1991,
game at Chicago. ... Missed parts of 1992-93 season with bruised foot, an
injury suffered during San Jose's Nov. 19, 1992, game vs. Toronto, with
strained neck, an injury suffered during San Jose's Dec. 9, 1992, game at
Vancouver, and with separated shoulder, an injury suffered during San Jose's
Jan. 21, 1993, game at Hartford. ... Released by San Jose in March 1993, ending his NHL career.
Byers' Big Suspension:
The NHL suspended Byers for 10 games during the 1990-91 season because he
left the bench to join a fight during Boston's 8-2 win vs. Hartford on
Dec. 13, 1990. The incident began when Ed Kastelic elbowed Boston's Craig
Janney, drawing a five-minute penalty. As the Bruins players converged on
Kastelic to protect Janney, Byers came off the bench to help them out --
forcing the referees to throw Byers out of the game and submit the incident
for NHL review. The NHL acted swiftly to punish Byers, announcing a 10-game
suspension on Dec. 14, 1990. Boston coach Mike Milbury was also suspended
five games. Byers was not allowed to return to action until Boston's Jan. 7,
1991 game vs. Winnipeg. He never did manage to come back, however, because
during the time he was suspended, Byers broke his left foot in a game
against a Soviet touring team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Regina (WHL); Hershey (AHL); Moncton (AHL); Milwaukee (IHL); Maine (AHL);
Kansas City (IHL); San Diego, Las Vegas, Minnesota (IHL)
World Junior Championships: 1984 (fourth place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1992-93: Played on IHL regular-season champion (San Diego).
1993-94: Played on IHL regular-season champion (Las Vegas).
Miscellaneous: Signed with San
Diego (IHL) as unrestricted free agent on March 10, 1993, after being
released by San Jose. ... Has own official website at
www.lb34.com.
... Returned to Boston after his retirement and became sports talk radio
personality, working as sports director for the "Hillman Morning Show." ...
Also took up acting after retirement, appearing in the movie Shallow Hal.
... Active in charitable causes throughout playing days and after
retirement, founding the LB Fights Cancer foundation. ... Became active in
Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement as part of the Boston Bruins
Alumni team.
Personal: Full name is Lyndon Svi
Byers. ... Born on Leap-Year Day. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENCY: Byers played out his contract
with Boston in 1991-92 and became an unrestricted free agent because Boston
did not offer him a contract for the 1992-93 season. He signed a free-agent
tryout contract with San Jose
on November 5, 1992. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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