Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Goc na 157th site na New Jersey Devils na
1997 NHL Entry Draft ebe ọ gbara egwuregwu iri na atọ n'emeghị akara ma nakọta nkeji anọ. Na Nọvemba 9, 2001, ndị Devils gbanwere ya, ya na Josef Boumedienne na Anton Butt na Tampa Bay Lightning maka Andrei Zyuzin. Ọ gbara egwuregwu itoolu na Lightning n'enwetaghị akara ọ bụla. Mgbe ọ nọ na North America ọ gwakwara na American Hockey League maka Albany River Rats na Springfield Falcons.