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NEED TO KNOW
- Lyndon “LB” Byers, the previous Boston Bruins participant who later turned a radio persona, died on July 4 at age 61
- Byers performed for the staff from 1983 to 1992 and went to the Stanley Cup finals twice earlier than changing into a radio persona
- “Lyndon turned a real Bostonian and we are going to miss him dearly. He’s eternally part of our Bruins household,” the Bruins wrote
Lyndon “LB” Byers, the previous Boston Bruins participant who later turned a radio persona, died on July 4. He was 61.
On July 5, the Bruins introduced that Byers — initially from Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada — had died on the day past. The staff didn’t share a reason behind dying.
“The Boston Bruins are deeply saddened by the passing of Lyndon Byers,” the staff started a press release on X. “Lyndon was a fan favourite throughout his 9 seasons within the black & gold, because of his rugged, rough-and-tumble fashion and a key cog on the B’s groups that made journeys to the Stanley Cup remaining in 1988 and 1990.”
“Following his enjoying profession, Lyndon spent some 25 years as an area radio persona, entertaining scores of New Englanders each day together with his fast wit and boisterous voice.” the staff added.
Byers’ spouse, Annie, additionally shared information of her husband’s dying in a put up on Fb, writing: “It’s with deep remorse that I’ve to announce that LB handed away yesterday morning.”
“We acknowledge how many individuals cherished and cared for him and thought of him a pal. Preserve LB in your reminiscence, bear in mind his smile, and know the way a lot he cared about all of you,” she wrote, including {that a} memorial service could be going down quickly.
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Byers spent a lot of his skilled hockey profession enjoying for the Bruins from 1983 to 1992, based on USA As we speak and CBS Information Boston. His greatest season for the Boston staff got here in 1987-88, when he had 10 targets, 24 factors and 236 penalty minutes (in addition to 62 extra penalty minutes within the playoffs).
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Within the 1992-93 seasons, he performed for the San Jose Sharks, and later completed his skilled hockey profession with two seasons within the now-defunct Worldwide Hockey League. Over the course of his NHL profession, he had 28 complete targets, 71 factors and 1,081 penalty minutes.
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After his retirement from professional hockey, Byers appeared on Boston’s WAAF radio station and took on a number of appearing roles, in movies and TV exhibits corresponding to Rescue Me, Shallow Hal, Caught on You and extra.
“Lyndon turned a real Bostonian and we are going to miss him dearly. He’s eternally part of our Bruins household,” the staff added in its assertion. “Our ideas are together with his spouse, Annie, and son, Will, throughout his very troublesome time.”