Jerry Byers
Jerry William Byers (March 29, 1952 – December 25, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward.
| Jerry Byers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 29, 1952 Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Died |
December 25, 2006 (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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
| Preceded by Dick Redmond |
Minnesota North Stars first round draft pick 1972 |
Succeeded by Doug Hicks |