Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Iafrate nke anọ na Toronto Maple Leafs na
1984 NHL Entry Draft mgbe ọ rụchara ọrụ dị egwu na Windsor Compuware Spitfires na obere oge ma nọrọ na Belleville Bulls nke Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Iafrate gbara bọọlụ maka Team USA na 1984 Winter Olympics na Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. N'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 1984, Iafrate na onye otu ya Mike Vellucci nọ n'ụgbọala mgbe ọ dara ma tụgharịa ọtụtụ oge. A tụpụrụ Vellucci n'ụgbọala ahụ ma mebie azụ ya, na-efu oge 1984-85 dum, ebe Iafrate gbajiri ụfọdụ ọgịrịga.