Tag: byron
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CHL: Open for business
Labor Day weekend in the United States means it’s time for work if you’re a Canadian major junior player. 2008 first-rounders Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis of the WHL were the first to get cracking on their 2008-09 campaigns, and by now the rest of the CHL has started their Memorial Cup quest. Niagara defenseman…
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Short summer successful for Canadian hopefuls
The scrimmages have come to an end at Team Canada’s Development Camp in Ottawa, and the Sabres trio looking to don the maple leaf at the 2009 World Junior Championships was impressive in their initial run in front of Hockey Canada brass. Of the Sabres prospects, Tyler Ennis made the most noise in the camp’s…
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Byron ready to show he belongs
The Ottawa Sun ran a quick hit in today’s edition about hometown star Paul Byron’s tryout with Team Canada. Byron forever having to prove himself: “He knows it doesn’t matter how small I am, he’s not going to overlook the size of my heart and what I try to do to win,” said Byron, a…
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Canadian Development Camp set to kick off
Sabres prospects Paul Byron, Tyler Myers, and Tyler Ennis are among 44 hopefuls skating at the Canadian junior development camp beginning Saturday at the University of Ottawa. A shorter list of players will be invited to battle for spots on the 22-man roster at the national junior team’s final selection camp in mid December in…
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Byron, Myers, Ennis to join WJC hopefuls
2007 sixth round pick Paul Byron with be joining 2008 first rounders Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis at Team Canada’s summer camp for the 2009 World Junior Championships. Forty-five players will gather at the University of Ottawa for the five-day camp, the first chance for head coach Benoit Groulx and his staff to get a…
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Season done for Byron
Paul Byron’s season came to an end Tuesday, as Gatineau was bounced out of the Memorial Cup with a 3-1 loss to Spokane. The game’s #3 star, Byron became more impressive as the game wore on, using his outside speed to generate chances for les Olympiques. The club was gassed though, and Spokane played a…
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Byron with a helper in Gatineau loss
At the Memorial Cup in Kitchener, Paul Byron picked up an assist in Gatineau’s 6-3 loss to Belleville. The 5’10 Byron spotted an open Claude Giroux to tie the game at 3-3 midway through the second period, but that was all the exciting pair could muster as Gatineau fell to 0-2 at the gathering of…
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Byron and Giroux to be reunited?
It looks like Gatineau Coach Benoit Groulx is ready to break his initial strategy, and again pair up his dual speedsters, Paul Byron and Claude Giroux, for the club’s Mem Cup match-up with Belleville on Monday. Olympiques coach Benoit Groulx, who split up Giroux and speedy centre Paul Byron during Friday’s contest, says he will…
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Byron scores again; 'Piques fall in opener
Paul Byron scored his 22nd goal of the post-season, but Gatineau opened the 2008 Mastercard Memorial Cup with a 6-5 OT loss to host, Kitchener. Trailing 3-1, Byron crashed the net in the second period to slide a rebound past Josh Unice to close the gap to one. Before any of the eleven goals were…
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Byron gears up for Memorial Cup
Today’s Ottawa Citizen featured a preview of the Gatineau Olympiques’ Memorial Cup appearance. C Paul Byron enters the tournament as the CHL’s top goal scorer with 21 goals. The next closest player is Kitchener RW Matt Halischuk with 16. Groulx, Olympiques gear up for another run at Memorial Cup Three players with something to prove…
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