Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hodgson malitere igwu egwuregwu hockey a haziri ahazi mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ na Haliburton. Na-egwu maka Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA)'s Haliburton Huskies, ọ bụ ndị otu ya na Matt Duchene. Ha abụọ bụ ndị enyi mgbe ha bụ ụmụaka ma soro ha gwuo egwu n'oge ha na-eto eto na ndị na-eto eto, gụnyere na Brampton Battalion na ndị otu mba Canada n'okpuru 18 na n'okpuru 20. Ezinụlọ ya bụkwa ndị enyi na ezinụlọ Jeff Skinner na-etolite na Markham. Hodgson na Toronto Jr. Canadiens nke Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) na-egwu hockey, na-eduzi otu egwuregwu nke gụnyere mmadụ anọ ndị ọzọ.
2008 NHL drafted <unk> Alex Pietrangelo, Tyler Cuma, Josh Brittain na Stefan Della Rovere. Oge ya na ndị otu ahụ gụnyere asọmpi mpaghara. Hodgson mechara sonye na OMHA's Markham Waxers, na-asọmpi na ndị otu bantam ha na 2004 <unk> 05, mgbe ahụ na ọkwa midget na 2005 <unk> 06. O dekọtara akara 51 n'egwuregwu 30 n'oge oge midget ya, ebe ọ na-edekọkwa otu enyemaka na egwuregwu abụọ na ndị otu klọb nke Junior A. N'oge ọ na-arụ ọrụ na mmemme Waxers, ọ na-eso ndị egwuregwu NHL n'ọdịnihu Steven Stamkos na Michael Del Zotto. Hodgson sokwa Stamkos na-egwu egwuregwu n'oge ezumike kwa afọ, na-amalite mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu.