Answer the following question: Facts:   - weight lb: 170    - played for: minnesota north stars atlanta flames new york rangers    - career end: 1981    - position: left wing    - height in: 11    - draft year: 1972    - death date: 25 december 2006    - shoots: left      - height ft: 5    - birth date: 29 march 1952    - career start: 1972    - draft: 12th overall    - draft team: minnesota north stars    - birth place: kentville , ns , can   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jerry byers .
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jerry william byers -lrb- march 29 , 1952 in kentville , nova scotia -- december 25 , 2006 -rrb- was a professional ice hockey forward .he 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 .