Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Nipawin, Saskatchewan, i noho a Byers mo te tau me te Notre Dame Hounds i mua i te tiimata i tana umanga rangatahi nui i te tau 1981 me te Regina Pats o te Western Hockey League (WHL). I te tau e whai ake nei, ka tohua ia e nga Boston Bruins me te waahanga tuarua (39th katoa) i te 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Na tana momo uaua i whiwhi ai ia i tetahi waahi ki te Team Canada i te 1984 World Junior Championships
i Nyköping, Sweden. I whakaatu a Byers i te whakaari ma te eke ki te 32 whaainga i ia o nga tau e rua e whai ake nei me Regina, engari ko ana 153 me 154 meneti whiu i ia o aua waa ka pai ake te mehua mo tana umanga ngaio a muri ake nei.