Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A mụrụ Toporowski na Paddockwood, Saskatchewan. Mgbe a họpụtara ya, Toporowski gara n'ihu na-egwu hockey na-eto eto maka Prince Albert Raiders nke Western Hockey League (WHL). N'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 1994, ndị eze gbanwere ya, Guy Leveque, Dixon Ward, na Kelly Fairchild na Toronto Maple Leafs maka Eric Lacroix, Chris Snell, na onye nke anọ na-ahọrọ na 1996 draft
Ọ dị mma. Oge abụọ sochirinụ, Toporowski gbara maka ndị otu obere egwuregwu Maple Leafs, St. John's Maple Leafs nke American Hockey League (AHL). N'oge 1996-1997, Toronto kpọrọ ya maka egwuregwu NHL atọ.