Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Neely ya buga wasan hockey tare da Ridge Meadows Hockey Association don yawancin aikinsa na ƙananan kuma an sanya shi cikin jerin mutanen da suka dace da Maple Ridge. Tare da Portland Winter Hawks na Western Hockey League ya jagoranci kungiyar zuwa Gasar Kofin Tunawa, ya zama kungiyar farko ta Amurka da ta dauki Kofin. Neely ya rubuta ta Vancouver Canucks tara tara a cikin shirin shigarwa na 1983
kuma ya taka leda a kakar wasa uku tare da su.