Ryan O'Byrne
Ryan David O'Byrne ( born July 19, 1984 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since August 2013 when HC Lev Prague in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.
Career
Ryan O'Byrne began his career as a hockey player in the British Columbia Hockey League, where he was active for the Victoria Salsa and Nanaimo Clippers from 2001 to 2003. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 in the third round than a total of 79 players from the Montreal Canadiens. First, however, the defender played for three years for the team from Cornell University, with whom he won the championship of the ECAC Hockey in the 2004/05 season. For the season 2006/07 right-handed shooter, was included in the squad of Montreal's farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, with whom he won the Calder Cup.
In the 2007 /08 season O'Byrne made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, for a total of 37 games, he scored a goal in his rookie year and gave six assists. In the following two seasons, he was a regular for the team from Quebec in the NHL used. In November 2010, O'Byrne was released in a swap deal to the Colorado Avalanche. For the Trade Deadline on April 3, 2013, was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 ECAC Hockey Championship with Cornell University
- 2007 Calder Cup win with the Hamilton Bulldogs
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )