Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe oge gara nke ọma na Kamloops Blazers nke Western Hockey League, a na-ele Wilkie anya dị ka otu n'ime atụmanya nchebe kachasị elu na-abịanụ maka
1992 NHL Entry Draft ma họrọ ya na 1st round, 20th n'ozuzu, site na Montreal Canadiens. N'oge na-esote, Wilkie laghachiri na Blazers ma mee ka mba ụwa mara ọkwa ya na-anọchite anya United States na 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship (WJC). Oge 1993-94 hụrụ Wilkie kewara afọ ahụ n'etiti Blazers na Regina Pats ma na-alọghachikwa na WJC maka 1994.