Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Degerman ya fara aikinsa tare da Kiekko-Espoo, yana wasa a cikin ƙungiyoyin U18 da U20. A lokacin kakar wasa ta 1996-97, ya buga wasanni ashirin da uku a kungiyar Kiekko-Espoo ta manyan kungiyoyi a SM-liiga kuma ya ci kwallaye biyu, bayan haka ya dakatar da sana'arsa ta sana'a kuma ya shiga Jami'ar Boston. Degerman ya zaba 235th gaba ɗaya ta Mighty Ducks na Anaheim a cikin 1997 NHL Entry Draft
amma ya ci gaba da karatun kwalejinsa tare da Jami'ar Boston har zuwa 2000. Bayan kammala karatunsa na kwaleji, Degerman ya koma tsohuwar ƙungiyarsa a Espoo wanda yanzu aka sake masa suna Espoo Blues. Koyaya, ya sami damar buga wasa ɗaya ne kawai don ƙungiyar kuma ya shafe kakar wasa a Mestis don KJT. Ya koma Arewacin Amurka a 2001 don yin wasa a ECHL, ya raba kakar 2001-02 ECHL tare da New Orleans Brass da Reading Royals kafin ya yi ritaya.