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 19721981

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 GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1969–70 Kitchener Rangers OHA 361824428
1970–71 Kitchener Rangers OHA 6241398046
1971–72 Kitchener Rangers OHA 60416010149
1972–73 Cleveland/Jacksonville Barons AHL 5920173712
1972–73 Minnesota North Stars NHL 140226
1973–74 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6231477837 1046104
1973–74 Minnesota North Stars NHL 100000
1974–75 Omaha Knights CHL 3821315229 692112
1974–75 Atlanta Flames NHL 141129
1975–76 Providence Reds AHL 7427346128 30222
1976–77 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 7731346518 61340
1977–78 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 7432316313 1573104
1977–78 New York Rangers NHL 72130
1978–79 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 7833427528 100554
1979–80 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 7423365916 61232
1980–81 HC Salzburg Austria 2320153527
1981–82 EHC Grindelwald NLB 38381856
1982–83 EHC Grindelwald NLB 38381452
1983–84 Jūjō Ice Hockey Club JIHL 30251439
AHL totals 498197241438152 5013213416
NHL totals 4534715

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-02.


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