The "little" Byfield attended a game at Madison Square Garden on January 24, 2022, where the New York Rangers hosted the Kings and his name twin. It was his family's first NHL game. He brought a sign shouting out the bigger Byfield, who stopped and gave him a puck.
About a week later, both Byfields appeared on NHL Network with the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft inviting the youngster out to Los Angeles for a game.
The younger of the Byfields got a full pregame tour of the arena, a custom home Kings jersey and even referred to the Kings forward as a "long, distant cousin" in an