Lyndon Byers

Lyndon Svi Byers (February 29, 1964 – July 4, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and radio personality. Byers played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for parts of ten seasons with the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks, earning a reputation as one of the league's toughest enforcers. He was the cousin of former NHL forward Dane Byers.^[1]

Lyndon Byers
Byers in 2013
Born	(1964-02-29)February 29, 1964 Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	July 4, 2025(2025-07-04) (aged 61) Norwood, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Boston Bruins San Jose Sharks
NHL draft	39th overall, 1982 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1984–1995

Playing career

Born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Byers spent a year with the Notre Dame Hounds before beginning his major junior career in 1981 with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The following year, the Boston Bruins selected him with a second-round pick (39th overall) at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.^[2] His gritty style earned him a spot with Team Canada at the 1984 World Junior Championships in Nyköping, Sweden. Byers showed promise by scoring 32 goals in each of the next two seasons with Regina, but it was his 153 and 154 penalty minutes in each of those seasons that would be a better measure of his future professional career.

Joining the Bruins at the end of the 1983–84 season, he scored two goals and four assists for six points while amassing 32 PIMs. Bouncing back and forth between the parent club and the minors, his best statistical season came in 1987–88, when he registered 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points while amassing 249 penalty minutes in 53 games.

Byers signed as a free-agent with the San Jose Sharks on November 7, 1992, where he finished his NHL career in 1992–93, before ending his professional playing career with the International Hockey League (IHL)'s Minnesota Moose in 1994–1995. He scored 28 goals and 43 assists for 71 points and amassed 1,081 PIMs in 279 NHL games over ten seasons.

Entertainment career

Shortly after his playing career,^[when?] Byers returned to the Boston area and became a member of the Hill Man Morning Show on radio station WAAF-FM, where he was an on-air personality and sports specialist for 23 years before the show ended. Byers moved to the afternoon slot along with co-host Mike Hsu.^{[3][better source needed]} On September 3, 2019, Byers left the show.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life and death

Byers was married to Annie and had a son. He died on July 4, 2025, at the age of 61.^[4][5]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1981–82	Notre Dame Hounds	SMHL		37	35	42	77	106		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Regina Pats	WHL		57	18	25	43	169		20	5	6	11	48
1982–83	Regina Pats	WHL		70	32	38	70	153		5	1	1	2	16
1983–84	Regina Pats	WHL		58	32	57	89	154		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Boston Bruins	NHL		10	2	4	6	32		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Boston Bruins	NHL		33	3	8	11	41		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Hershey Bears	AHL		27	4	6	10	55		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Boston Bruins	NHL		5	0	2	2	9		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		14	2	4	6	26		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		8	0	2	2	22		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Boston Bruins	NHL		18	2	3	5	53		1	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		27	5	5	10	63		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Boston Bruins	NHL		53	10	14	24	236		11	1	2	3	62
1987–88	Maine Mariners	AHL		2	0	1	1	18		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Boston Bruins	NHL		49	0	4	4	218		2	0	0	0	0
1988–89	Maine Mariners	AHL		4	1	3	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Boston Bruins	NHL		43	4	4	8	159		17	1	0	1	12
1990–91	Boston Bruins	NHL		19	2	2	4	82		1	0	0	0	10
1991–92	Boston Bruins	NHL		31	1	1	2	129		5	0	0	0	12
1991–92	Maine Mariners	AHL		11	5	4	9	47		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	San Jose Sharks	NHL		18	4	1	5	122		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Kansas City Blades	IHL		4	1	1	2	22		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	San Diego Gulls	IHL		9	0	3	3	35		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		31	3	5	8	176		1	0	0	0	4
1994–95	Minnesota Moose	IHL		7	1	0	1	16		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				279	28	43	71	1081		37	2	2	4	96