Jerry William Byers (March 29, 1952 – December 25, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. 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. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links 1952 births 2006 deaths Atlanta Flames players Canadian ice hockey forwards Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia Jacksonville Barons players Kitchener Rangers players Minnesota North Stars draft picks Minnesota North Stars players National Hockey League first-round draft picks New Haven Nighthawks players New York Rangers players Nippon Paper Cranes players Nova Scotia Voyageurs players Omaha Knights (CHL) players People from Kentville, Nova Scotia Providence Reds players EC Red Bull Salzburg players