Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Ward i Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, i tipu ake i reira me te taone nui o Edmonton o Sherwood Park, Alberta. I a ia e toru tau e mahi ana i te Rōpū Hockey o te Hauauru (WHL) me nga Red Deer Rebels, i tohua ia e te Hurricanes i te 25 o nga tau katoa i te tau o te tau.
Ko te 2002 NHL Entry Draft. I muri i te wa me te Hurricanes 'American Hockey League (AHL) hononga, te Lowell Lock Monsters, i wikitoria ia i te Stanley Cup me nga Hurricanes i te 2006, i wikitoria i te Conn Smythe Trophy hei kaitakaro tino nui i nga whiringa toa. I noho ia hei kaitiaki kaitiaki tuatahi ki te wikitoria i te Stanley Cup hei rookie mai i a Patrick Roy i te tau 1986.