Dane Byers Dane Byers ( born February 21 , 1986 in Nipawin , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Columbus Blue Jackets organization . He was drafted by the New York Rangers 48th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft . Junior career . Prince Albert Raiders . Byers beganhis junior hockey career with the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL in 2002 - 03 , where he scored eight goals and 14 points in 49 games . Byers returned to the Raiders in 2003 - 04 , as he scored nine goals and 17 points in 51 games , then he added a goal and three points in six playoff games . Byers appeared in 65 games with the Raiders in 2004 - 05 , scoring 11 goals and 20 points , while accumulating 181 penalty minutes . Byers had a strong playoff run , scoring four goals and 10 points in 17 games . Byers broke out offensively in the 2005 - 06 season , scoring 21 goals and 48 points in 71 games , however , the Raiders failed to qualify for the playoffs . Professional career . New York Rangers . After his junior season ended with the Prince Albert Raiders , the New York Rangers assigned Byers to the Hartford Wolf Pack to finish the 2005 - 06 season . Byers had two assists in five games with Hartford . He spent the entire 2006 - 07 season with the Wolf Pack , where Byers had 17 goals and 47 points , along with 213 penalty minutes in 78 games . In seven playoff games , Byers scored two goals . Byers returned to Hartford for the 2007 - 08 season , where he had 23 goals and 46 points in 73 games . In five playoff games , Byers had a goal and three points . He also made his NHL debut during the 2007 - 08 NHL season , going pointless in one game with the New York Rangers . Byers missed most of the 2008 - 09 season due to a knee injury suffered during a game against the Worcester Sharks on October 31 , 2008 . In nine games , Byers had four goals and seven points , and he returned for the playoffs for Hartford , where Byers had three goals and four points in six games . Byers rebounded from his injury shortened season in 2009 - 10 , as he had 25 goals and 52 points in 74 games with the Wolf Pack . Byers also appeared in five games with the Rangers , scoring his first NHL goal against Niklas Backstrom of the Minnesota Wild on October 30 , 2009 . Several days later , Byers was given an automatic one - game suspension by the NHL for instigating a fight with forward Tanner Glass in the final five minutes of a 4 – 1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on November 3 . Byers began the 2010 - 11 season with Hartford , where in 16 games he had three goals and nine points . On November 11 , 2010 , the Rangers traded Byers to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Chad Kolarik . Columbus Blue Jackets . The Blue Jackets assigned Byers to the Springfield Falcons of the AHL , where Byers had nine goals and 25 points in 48 games . Byers was once again on the move , as on February 28 , 2011 , Byers and Rostislav Klesla were traded from the Blue Jackets to the Phoenix Coyotes for Scottie Upshall and Sami Lepisto . As a result of the midseason trades . Byers was able to set an AHL record for most games played in a season , with 84 . But , on July 11 , 2011 , he was signed to go back to the Jackets . Family . Byers ' brother Cole Byers is also a professional hockey player who plays for the Hull Stingrays of the British Elite Ice Hockey League ( EIHL ) . The brothers are also cousins of former NHL enforcer - turned - radio host Lyndon Byers .