Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dan asalin Kirkland Lake, ON kuma dan Ken da Goldie, Garth Joy ya taka leda a kungiyar Hamilton Steelhawks ta OHL har tsawon shekaru biyu har sai da aka zaba shi. An zabi Garth Joy na 222 a cikin 1986 NHL Entry Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. Shi ne na 11 da aka zaba a Minnesota North Stars, amma bai taba buga wasa ba. Ya ci gaba da buga wasan hockey na matasa na Hamilton Steelhawks kafin Kingston Raiders, wata kungiyar OHL ta saye shi. Bayan shekara guda tare da "Raiders", ya tsufa don yin wasan hockey a kan kankara a matakin matasa. Ya shiga Jami'ar St. Thomas, inda ya buga wasa daga 1991 zuwa 1994 kuma an zaba shi a matsayin All Canadian a 1993. A cikin 1993, an nemi ya buga wa Team Canada wasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Ya buga wasanni biyu, ya ci kwallo daya. Bayan kammala karatunsa na kwaleji Garth ya buga wasanni biyu na Vojens a cikin ƙungiyar wasan hockey na maza na Danish.