Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na makarantar sakandare da na makarantar sakandare tare da Culver Military Academy, Suter ya shiga shirin Dubuque Fighting Saints a cikin United Hockey League (USHL). Ya bayyana a wasanni 18 tare da Fighting Saints a kakar 1981/82, inda ya zira kwallaye 3 da maki 7. Ya cancanci shiga gasar NHL ta 1982, amma an lissafa shi a ƙafa biyar, inci tara da tsawo ta Ofishin Scouting na Tsakiya, an yi la'akari da ƙarami ga NHL kuma ba a tsara shi ba. Suter ya kafa kansa a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan wasan farko na farko a zamanin matasa na USHL, yana inganta zuwa maki 39 a wasanni 41 a 1982/83 kuma ya jagoranci Dubuque zuwa gasar cin kofin Clark. Kyaftin din kungiyar, ya kuma jagoranci Dubuque zuwa gasar zakarun kasa. NHL ta sake wuce shi a cikin 1983 Draft
, amma ya karbi cikakken tallafin karatu don yin wasa a Jami'ar Wisconsin <unk> Madison.