Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kakar wasan da ya lashe gasar cin kofin Centennial tare da Notre Dame, Herter ya koma Jami'ar North Dakota don buga wasan hockey na kwaleji tare da North Dakota Fighting Sioux na Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). A tsakiyar lokacinsa na farko, Herter ya kasance a matsayin babban dan wasan da aka samu a 1989 NHL Entry Draft
ta Hukumar Kula da 'Yan Wasan NHL ta Tsakiya. Herter ya gama kakar wasa ta farko tare da kwallaye takwas da taimakawa 24 a wasanni 41. Taimakawa 24 da maki 32 sun kafa sabbin 'yan wasa na farko da kuma rikodin rikodi a Arewacin Dakota, kodayake an karya rikodin sa tun daga lokacin. Bayan kakar wasa, Herter ya shiga 1989 NHL Entry Draft na biyu a cikin 'yan wasan Arewacin Amirka, ya sauke matsayi guda a cikin NHL Central Scouting Bureau na karshe. A ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1989, Vancouver Canucks sun zaɓe shi a matsayin na 8.