Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Cooke gbara hockey hockey na Ontario Hockey League (OHL) maka oge atọ, nke ka ukwuu na Windsor Spitfires, tupu ọ na-egwu egwuregwu. Na-edekọ ihe dị egwu 95-point (nke iri n'ozuzu n'egwuregwu ahụ), nkeji nkeji 146-ikpe na oge nke abụọ OHL ya, ndị Vancouver Canucks wepụtara ya na 144th n'ozuzu na
1997 NHL Entry Draft. N'ịlaghachi na OHL maka oge nke atọ mgbe edepụtara ya, a gbanwere ya na Windsor na Kingston Frontenacs na Disemba 17, 1997, na mgbanwe maka Brent L'Heureux. Cooke ga-agwụcha oge na ọrụ OHL ya na Kingston.