Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Byers nọrọ otu afọ na Notre Dame Hounds tupu ịmalite ọrụ ya na 1981 na Regina Pats nke Western Hockey League (WHL). N'afọ sochirinụ, ndị Boston Bruins họọrọ ya na agba nke abụọ (39th n'ozuzu) na
1982 NHL Entry Draft. Ụzọ obi ike ya mere ka o soro n'òtù egwuregwu Team Canada na 1984 World Junior Championships na Nyköping, Sweden. Byers gosipụtara nkwa site n'itinye goolu iri atọ na abụọ na nke ọ bụla n'ime oge abụọ na-esote na Regina, mana ọ bụ nkeji ntaramahụhụ 153 na 154 ya na nke ọ bụla n'ime oge ndị ahụ ga-abụ ihe ka mma maka ọrụ ọkachamara ya n'ọdịnihu.