O'Byrne Eyes Breakthrough Season
The following article featuring former Cornell standout Ryan O'Byrne appeared in September 21 on the Times Colonist Web site.
BY CLEVE DHEENSAW
TIMESCOLONIST.COM
Victoria’s Ryan O’Byrne of the Montreal Canadiens says that of all the hockey advice and wisdom given him over the years, what always stuck in his mind is what Nate Forster once told him: “You can go from prospect to suspect to reject very quickly.”
Forster played defence at the Racquet Club of Victoria before O’Byrne and was a Washington Capitals-drafted junior out of the WHL who ended his pro career in Italy after two seasons with the ECHL Victoria Salmon Kings.
O’Byrne is cognizant of how precarious a pro sports career can be, and that home is where you are at the moment. That’s why he just rents a furnished downtown Montreal apartment.
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