Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Ward na Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, wee tolite ebe ahụ na Edmonton dị n'akụkụ Sherwood Park, Alberta. N'oge ọrụ afọ atọ ya na Western Hockey League (WHL) na Red Deer Rebels, ndị Hurricanes họpụtara ya na 25th n'ozuzu na
2002 NHL Entry Draft. Mgbe oge ya na ndị Hurricanes 'American Hockey League (AHL) mmekọ, ndị Lowell Lock Monsters, ọ meriri Stanley Cup na Hurricanes na 2006, na-emeri Conn Smythe Trophy dị ka onye ọkpụkpọ kachasị baa uru na egwuregwu egwuregwu. Ọ ghọrọ onye mbụ na-eche nche na-amalite iji merie Stanley Cup dị ka onye ọhụrụ kemgbe Patrick Roy na 1986.