Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe oge mmeri Centennial Cup ya na Notre Dame gasịrị, Herter kwagara Mahadum North Dakota ka ọ kpọọ kọleji hockey na North Dakota Fighting Sioux nke Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). N'etiti oge mbụ ya, a họpụtara Herter dị ka onye ọkpụkpọ kachasị elu dị na
1989 NHL Entry Draft site na NHL Central Scouting Bureau. Herter mechiri oge mbụ ya na ihe mgbaru ọsọ asatọ na enyemaka 24 na egwuregwu 41. Nkwado ya 24 na isi 32 setịpụrụ otu oge na-enyere aka na isi ihe ndekọ na North Dakota, ọ bụ ezie na ihe ndekọ ya emebiwo kemgbe ahụ. Mgbe oge ahụ gasịrị, Herter banyere 1989 NHL Entry Draft nke abụọ n'etiti ndị North American skaters, na-ada otu ọnọdụ na NHL Central Scouting Bureau ikpeazụ draft ranking. Na June 17, 1989, ndị Vancouver Canucks họpụtara ya na 8th.