Born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Byers spent a year with the Notre Dame Hounds before beginning his major junior career in 1981 with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL).

[1] His gritty style earned him a spot with Team Canada at the 1984 World Junior Championships in Nyköping, Sweden.

Bouncing back and forth between the parent club and the minors, his best statistical season came in 1987–88, when he registered 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points while amassing 249 penalty minutes in 53 games.

On September 3, 2019, Byers unexpectedly quit the Hsu & LB show in a tearful goodbye that he gave on the air seconds before walking out of the studio.

Byers and Neely also appeared in the music video for the song "Hole Hearted" by Boston hard rock group Extreme.