Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ndị New Jersey Devils họpụtara ya n'afọ 2005 na agba nke isii (nke 170 n'ozuzu). Mgbe ọ hụchara oge na usoro ugbo Devils, a gbanwere ya na Septemba 2008 site na New Jersey gaa Phoenix Coyotes. New Jersey natara Kevin Cormier n'ọnọdụ Zimmerman. Ọ gara ogige ọzụzụ nke Coyotes n'otu afọ ahụ, mana emeghị ndị otu ahụ ma kenye ya na obere egwuregwu. N'ime ndị na-eto eto, ọ kewara oge n'etiti ndị otu Phoenix na American Hockey League (AHL) San Antonio Rampage na ndị otu ha na Central Hockey League (CHL) Arizona Sundogs. Zimmerman dere ihe mgbaru ọsọ 2 na isi ihe 5 na egwuregwu 56 na klọb abụọ ahụ. Ọ sonyere ọzọ na ogige ọzụzụ Coyotes n'oge na-esote, mana e zigara ya ọzọ na ndị na-eto eto. Ọ gbara egwuregwu 72 n'afọ ahụ maka Rampage ma meziwanye akara ya na 9 ma gbakwunye ọkwa +13 (site na -10 jikọtara na oge gara aga). N'oge ikpeazụ nke mgbanwe nke NHL Zimmerman, ya na onye nke isii na-ahọrọ na 2010 draft
, bụ onye Phoenix gbanwere nye Vancouver Canucks iji gbanwere Mathieu Schneider.