Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Calder malitere ọrụ ya site n'ịgba hockey n'etiti ndị na-eto eto maka Regina Pats nke Western Hockey League (WHL). Mgbe o nwetara akara 59 n'afọ nke abụọ ya, a họpụtara ya n'agba nke ise nke
1997 draft site na Chicago Blackhawks. Mgbe oge nke anọ ya gasịrị ebe o nwetara ihe 88 n'etiti ìgwè abụọ, e ji nkwekọrịta ọkachamara mbụ ya kwụọ ya ụgwọ.