Kammala wannan jumla: Collins shi ne dan wasa na uku na karshe (289th overall) wanda aka zaba a cikin
Zaɓin shiga NHL na 2002. Lokacin da aka tsara shi, Collins yana wasa tare da New Hampshire Wildcats maza 'yan wasan hockey na kankara na NCAA's Division I Hockey East Association inda ya zira kwallaye 77 da taimakawa 96 a cikin shekaru hudu tare da UNH Wildcats.