Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I timata a DiPietro i tana whakataetae a-ao i te taumata rangatahi mo te United States i te 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships. I muri mai ka takaro ia i nga Toa Tuarua o te Ao Tuarua i te tau 2000
me te 2001, i whakawhiwhia ki te tuatahi hei kaitiaki whaainga pai o te whakataetae ka tohua ki te Rōpū Whetu Katoa.