Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ bụ onye otu Regina Bantam AAA Rangers na 2000, a họpụtara Getzlaf na Western Hockey League (WHL) site na Calgary Hitmen na nhọrọ 54th na WHL Bantam Draft 2000. O guzoro ọtọ n'oge a kpọrọ ya, mana o toro n'oge o sonyere ndị otu ahụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii. Getzlaf mere mpụta mbụ ya na 2001<unk>02 ma dekọọ akara 18 na egwuregwu 63. Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka o jiri okpukpu anọ mepụta mmebi ya dị ka onye dị afọ iri na asaa na 2002-03 site na ịde ihe mgbaru ọsọ 29 na isi 68. Egwuregwu ya mere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye kachasị atụ anya maka
2003 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft; NHL Central Scouting Bureau họpụtara Getzlaf dị ka onye nke ise kacha mma North American skater na draft ma were ya na agba nke mbụ, 19th n'ozuzu, site na Mighty Ducks nke Anaheim.