Ryan David O\'Byrne (born July 19, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche and the Toronto Maple Leafs. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, O\'Byrne served as an assistant coach for the Victoria Grizzlies in the BCHL.\n', '

O\'Byrne attended the private St. Michaels University School in British Columbia and played two seasons of junior in the BCHL with the Victoria Salsa and Nanaimo Clippers. Instead of continuing a CHL career, O\'Byrne opted to play U.S. collegiate hockey and committed to Cornell University of New York. \n', 'Prior to playing his freshman year with Cornell, Ryan was drafted in the third round, 79th-overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Selected due to his large physical frame and potential as a shut-down defenceman, he played in 31 games with the Big Red contributing only two assists. Improving offensively with three goals and 10 points in his sophomore season of 2004–05, O\'Byrne helped Cornell regain the ECAC Championship with a 3-1 win over Harvard before losing in the West Regional Final to the University of Minnesota.\n', '

In his junior year, O\'Byrne entrenched himself as a top defender within Cornell\'s ECAC leading defence corps to be selected as a First Team All-Ivy player. Despite missing nearly a month to injury, O\'Byrne led all Big Red defenceman with 7 goals and 13 points in 28 games and was named in the ECAC Third-Team before losing in a rematch to Harvard in the ECAC Championship. O\'Byrne was selected by Cornell Coach Mike Schäfer as an alternate captain, but decided to forgo his senior year to begin his professional career signing a two-year entry level contract with the Montreal Canadiens on August 9, 2006.\n', '

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