{"id":41876,"date":"2025-07-05T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41876\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:54:09","slug":"lyndon-byers-bruins-enforcer-and-radio-host-dead-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/41876\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyndon Byers, Bruins enforcer and radio host, dead at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lyndon Byers, an enforcer who spent most of his career with the Bruins and appeared in two Stanley Cup Finals, died Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NHLBruins\/status\/1941565188802740236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the team announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was 61.<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death was given.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Boston Bruins are deeply saddened by the passing of Lyndon Byers,\u201d the Bruins said in a statement Saturday. \u201cLyndon was a fan favorite across his nine seasons in the Black &amp; Gold thanks to his rugged, rough-and-tumble style and was a key cog on the B\u2019s teams that made trips to the Stanley Cup Final in 1988 and 1990.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lyndon Byers skates in a game for the Bruins. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Byers then worked in local radio for 25 years after returning, according to the team\u2019s statement, and he would entertain \u201cscores of New Englanders every day with his quick wit and boisterous voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his NHL career, the second-round pick spent nine seasons with the Bruins, starting in 1983-84 and then a final campaign with the Sharks in 1992-93.<\/p>\n<p>He collected 28 goals and 71 points across his career during the regular season, and his 959 penalty minutes while with Boston sit 11th in franchise history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/former-boston-bruins-forward-lyndon-byers-dies-at-61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lyndon Byers (l.) fights during a 1992 game for the Sharks. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Lyndon Byers skates in a game for the Bruins against the Canadiens. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in 1988 and 1990, but they lost to the Oilers \u2014 once led by Wayne Gretzky, once led by Mark Messier \u2014 twice.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in 316 career games across the regular season and playoffs with both teams.<\/p>\n<p>Byers\u2019 best year of offensive production occurred in 1987-88, when he scored 10 goals and finished with 24 points before adding another goal \u2014 during Game 3 of Boston\u2019s playoff series against the Devils \u2014 and two assists in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Lyndon Byers (r.) delivers a check during an April 1990 game for the Bruins. Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Following his season in San Jose, Byers spent two years with the Minnesota Moose of the now-defunct International Hockey League, and then his shift into radio work \u2014 most notably on WAAF in Boston \u2014 began, with appearances in movies (\u201cShallow Hal,\u201d \u201cStuck On You\u201d) and a television show (\u201cRescue Me\u201d) mixed in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/boston-bruins-lyndon-byers-obituary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CBS News Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA son of Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Lyndon became a true Bostonian and we will miss him dearly. He is forever a part of our Bruins family. Our thoughts are with his wife, Annie, and son, Will, during this very difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lyndon Byers, an enforcer who spent most of his career with the Bruins and appeared in two Stanley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3103,5416,293,593,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-41876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-deaths","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-obituaries","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114803091995428631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}