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  • Byron, Gatineau to play for Memorial Cup

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    Paul Byron had two assists as Gatineau closed out their QMJHL quest for the President’s Cup with a 7-3 rout of Rouyn-Noranda. Chosen 179th overall in the 2007 draft, Byron finished second in playoff scoring with 32 points, including a league-best 21 goals. Gatineau gets it done After Giroux finished off a shorthanded breakaway with…

  • Byron keeps going…and going.

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    In game four of the President’s Cup finals, Paul Byron had a three-point night as Gatineau defeated Rouyn-Noranda, 4-1. After assisting on the first two Olympiques markers, the CHL’s goal scoring leader added his 21st on a second period power play. As is often the case when Gatineau takes the ice, Byron also led the…

  • 5/6 Recap: Byron's wicked stat line

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    4 even-strength goals, 2 assists, 6 points, +4, 5 SOG, 4 blocked shots, 1 electrifying prospect. That more or less speaks for itself. With Paul Byron leading the way, Gatineau thumped Rouyn-Noranda 10-4 to take a 2-1 series lead in the QMJHL President’s Cup Final. The shifty sixth-rounder (2007) continues to lead the entire CHL…

  • More notes on Byron's emergence

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    Fished out of the pond late, here is a piece on Gatineau coach Benoit Groulx from last Friday’s Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia). Included were remarks on les Olympiques dynamic duo of Claude Giroux (PHI) and Sabres 2007 sixth-rounder, Paul Byron. On the “secret” to stopping his club: So who knows what that one thing is?…

  • 5/3 Recap: Streak ends for top CHL sniper

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    Paul Byron saw his twelve game point-streak come to an end as Gatineau fell to Rouyn-Noranda, 6-2, in Game 2 of the QMJHL Finals. The Huskies win evens the series at a game apiece as the clubs head to Gatineau for Game 3 on Tuesday. The 5’10 pivot compiled 15 goals and 19 total points…

  • 5/2 Recap: Byron nets game winner

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    Locked in a 2-2 tie entering the third period, Sabres property Paul Byron notched the game winning goal for Gatineau, lifting les Olympiques to a 6-2 win over Rouyn-Noranda in the opening frame of the QMJHL Finals. The power play winner was Byron’s 16th of the playoffs. He accumulated five shots on goal in the…

  • Byron getting noticed

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    Today’s National Post contained a nice piece on Gatineau’s Paul Byron. Byron and les Olympiques begin their QMJHL series with Rouyn-Noranda tonight. Olympiques’ little man putting up big numbers “He’s not very big,” says one of his former coaches, Ottawa West Golden Knights Jr. B head coach and president Blake Sinclair, “but he plays like…

  • 4/24 Recap: Two more for Byron as Gatineau moves on

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    2007 sixth-round pick Paul Byron scored the first two Gatineau goals in their 5-2 win over Halifax. The win advances les Olympiques to the President’s Cup Finals where they will face the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. With seven of his team’s 17 goals in the series, Byron has potted a healthy 15 in 14 playoff games, a…

  • 4/23 Recap: Byron pilin' on

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    In the QMJHL semis, Gatineau’s Paul Byron (+3) scored a pair of goals and assisted on another in Les Olympiques’ 6-1 throttling of Halifax. Ahead 4-1, the Ottawa native scored both markers in the third period to cement the win. His first-star stat line was rounded out with five shots on goal, and four blocks.…

  • 4/20 Recap: Byron nets 11th in win

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    Last night, C Paul Byron scored the second Gatineau goal on the power play as les Olympiques defeated Halifax 4-3 in 2OT. Byron is now tied for second in Q playoff scoring with 11 goals. After sweeping the Mooseheads on their home sheet, Gatineau heads home for Wednesday’s game three with a 2-0 series lead.