Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia e Nystrom he momo mahi uaua e rite ana ki a tona papa, i awhina i a ia ki te tono ki te purei me te US National Development Program (USDP). I takaro ia i nga keemu 55 mo te USDP i te North American Hockey League i te 1999<unk>2000, e whitu nga whaainga me nga tohu 23. I wehewehe ia i te tau 2000<unk>01 me te kaupapa a-iwi o raro i te 18 me te roopu rangatahi i te United States Hockey League, e tohu ana hoki i te United States i te 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships. Kātahi anō ia ka māngai i te Hononga o Amerika i te
2002 me te 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.