Gordie Byers Explained

Birth Date:March 11, 1930
Birth Place:Eganville, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:182
Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Career Start:1949
Career End:1957

Gordon Charles "Gord" Byers (March 11, 1930  - November 2, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Byers played most of his career in the minor leagues. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1949–50 season.

Playing career

After spending his junior days with the Copper Cliff Jr. Redmen and the St. Catharines Teepees, Byers played one game in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1949–50 season and well as two games for the Boston Olympics. The next season, Byers would then have spells in the United States Hockey League for the Kansas City Mohawks and the Tulsa Oilers in what would turn out to be the USHL's final year in operation before folding. He would end up returning to the Olympics for a season before joining the Troy Uncle Sam Trojans. Both teams folded at the conclusion of the respective seasons with the Trojans folding after just one season. After a season of senior hockey with the Chatham Maroons, Byers finished his career in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association with the Sudbury Wolves before retiring.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1947–48Copper Cliff Jr. RedmenNBHL8 0 2 2 103 1 1 2 2
1947–48Copper Cliff Jr. RedmenM-Cup7 2 2 4 12
1948–49St. Catharines TeepeesOHA29 2 2 4 635 0 1 1 11
1949–50St. Catharines TeepeesOHA41 5 17 22 1025 0 1 1 8
1949–50Boston BruinsNHL1 0 1 1 0
1949–50Boston OlympicsEAHL2 0 1 1 65 0 2 2 9
1950–51Tulsa OilersUSHL61 6 7 13 67
1951–52Boston OlympicsEAHL50 0 5 5 100
1952–53Troy Uncle Sam TrojansEAHL56 3 13 16 103
1953–54Chatham MaroonsOHA Sr43 1 10 11 1336 2 1 3 18
1954–55Sudbury WolvesNOHA14 0 1 1 20
1955–56Sudbury WolvesNOHA5 1 0 1 10
NHL totals1 0 1 1 0

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