Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Ward a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ya girma a can kuma a cikin unguwar Edmonton na Sherwood Park, Alberta. A lokacin aikinsa na shekaru uku a cikin Yammacin Hockey League (WHL) tare da Red Deer Rebels, Hurricanes sun zaɓe shi a matsayin na 25 a duka a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 2002
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan kakar wasa tare da kungiyar Hurricanes 'American Hockey League (AHL), Lowell Lock Monsters, ya lashe Kofin Stanley tare da Hurricanes a 2006, ya lashe Conn Smythe Trophy a matsayin dan wasa mafi daraja a wasan karshe. Ya zama mai tsaron gida na farko da ya lashe Kofin Stanley a matsayin rookie tun Patrick Roy a 1986.