Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị New Jersey Devils họpụtara ya na 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, tinyere nhọrọ nke isii na
2010 draft, bụ nke Phoenix gbanwere na Vancouver Canucks na mgbanwe maka Mathieu Schneider.