Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Byers ya shafe shekara guda tare da Notre Dame Hounds kafin ya fara aikinsa na farko a 1981 tare da Regina Pats na Western Hockey League (WHL). A shekara mai zuwa, Boston Bruins ya zaɓe shi tare da zagaye na biyu (39th overall) a 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Halinsa mai ban sha'awa ya ba shi wuri tare da Team Canada a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1984
a Nyköping, Sweden. Byers ya nuna alƙawarin ta hanyar zira kwallaye 32 a cikin kowane yanayi biyu masu zuwa tare da Regina, amma ya kasance hukuncinsa na 153 da 154 a kowane ɗayan waɗannan lokutan da zai zama mafi kyawun ma'aunin aikinsa na gaba.