Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Bourque na Boston ma o toro na Topsfield, Massachusetts, ma gụchaa akwụkwọ na Cushing Academy na 2004. Mgbe ọ nọ ebe ahụ, ya na Keith Yandle bụ ezigbo enyi. A họpụtara ya n'ọkwa nke iri atọ na atọ n'ọkwa nke iri atọ na atọ
2004 NHL Entry Draft site na Washington Capitals, ma kpọọ maka Portland Pirates na Hershey Bears nke American Hockey League (AHL) tupu a kpọọ ya na NHL na November 2007. Ọ gbara egwuregwu NHL anọ tupu e kenye ya Hershey na February 2008.