Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Messier debara aha ya na Mahadum Michigan State, na-agbaso nzọụkwụ nwanne ya nwoke nke tọrọ ya bụ Mitch. Ọ gbaara ndị Spartans bọọlụ afọ anọ ma bụrụ onye a họpụtara na CCHA First Team All-Star n'afọ ikpeazụ ya n'afọ 1991-92. Mgbe afọ nke abụọ ya gasịrị, ndị New York Rangers họpụtara Messier na 1989 NHL Entry Draft
, nke 118 n'ozuzu. N'oge ya na ndị Spartans, ụfọdụ ndị otu ya gụnyere Rod Brind'Amour, Kip Miller, Jason Woolley, Bryan Smolinski na Rem Murray.