Jerry Byers

Jerry William Byers (March 29, 1952 – December 25, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward.

Jerry Byers
Born	(1952-03-29)March 29, 1952 Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	December 25, 2006(2006-12-25) (aged 54) Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Minnesota North Stars Atlanta Flames New York Rangers
NHL draft	12th overall, 1972 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1972–1981

Career

Byers was drafted in the first round, twelfth overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. He played forty-five games in the National Hockey League: twenty-four with the North Stars in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons, fourteen with the Atlanta Flames in the 1974–75 season, and seven with the New York Rangers in the 1977–78 season. He left North America in 1980 to join HC Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League. He then spent two seasons in Switzerland's National League B for EHC Grindelwald before finishing his career in the Japan Ice Hockey League for Jūjō Ice Hockey Club.

As a youth, he played in the 1963 and 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his Kentville minor ice hockey team.^[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1969–70	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		36	18	24	42	8		—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		62	41	39	80	46		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		60	41	60	101	49		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Cleveland/Jacksonville Barons	AHL		59	20	17	37	12		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		14	0	2	2	6		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		62	31	47	78	37		10	4	6	10	4
1973–74	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		10	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Omaha Knights	CHL		38	21	31	52	29		6	9	2	11	2
1974–75	Atlanta Flames	NHL		14	1	1	2	9		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Providence Reds	AHL		74	27	34	61	28		3	0	2	2	2
1976–77	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		77	31	34	65	18		6	1	3	4	0
1977–78	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		74	32	31	63	13		15	7	3	10	4
1977–78	New York Rangers	NHL		7	2	1	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		78	33	42	75	28		10	0	5	5	4
1979–80	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL		74	23	36	59	16		6	1	2	3	2
1980–81	HC Salzburg	Austria		23	20	15	35	27		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	EHC Grindelwald	NLB		38	38	18	56	—		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	EHC Grindelwald	NLB		38	38	14	52	—		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Jūjō Ice Hockey Club	JIHL		30	25	14	39	—		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				498	197	241	438	152		50	13	21	34	16
NHL totals				45	3	4	7	15		—	—	—	—	—