O'Byrne Securing Spot on Blue Line
The following article featuring former Cornell standout Ryan O'Byrne appeared in the November 19 issue of the Denver Post.
By Terry Frei
In the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, Coquitlam Express winger David Jones and Victoria Salsa defenseman Ryan O'Byrne had some fierce matchups. Later, their collegiate careers overlapped for two seasons, when Jones was at Dartmouth and O'Byrne at Cornell, and it wasn't considered at all strange that the two Western Canadian players ended up at Ivy League schools playing hockey in the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
"Schools like Cornell and Dartmouth recruit pretty heavily out there," O'Byrne recalled the other day. "Cornell seemed like a good fit for me — a good school, a good hockey program also, and I have only great things to say about that school."
Jones and O'Byrne have been Avalanche teammates for four games now, in the wake of the Nov. 11 trade that brought in O'Byrne from the Montreal Canadiens. Their fifth game in the same uniform will be tonight, against the New York Rangers at the Pepsi Center.
Complete article can be accessed via the Post Web site by clicking here.
