Lyndon Byers, tough, rugged forward for the Bruins during the 1980s, dies at 61
Byers scored 28 goals in his career, 24 with the Bruins, knocking in a career-high 10 in 1987-88, a season in which the Bruins evicerated ghosts of the past, finally defeating the Canadiens in the playoffs.
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Byers accumulated a career-high 236 minutes in penalties, most coming as he dropped the gloves with all-comers.
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