Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ashirin, an rubuta shi a 2000 ta Atlanta Thrashers a matsayin 180th overall a zagaye na shida. Hordichuk ya zama sananne a cikin NHL don wasan motsa jiki da yaƙi. Bayan an tattara shi, an sanya shi zuwa ƙungiyar Thrashers 'ƙananan ƙungiyar, Orlando Solar Bears na Ƙungiyar Hockey ta Duniya (IHL). Ya kammala kakar wasa ta farko kuma ya bayyana a wasanni 11 don Thrashers a matsayin kira. Ya sami matsayi tare da kulob din a shekara ta biyu, amma an yi masa ciniki a ranar ƙarshe zuwa Phoenix Coyotes tare da zagaye na biyar a 2002.
a musayar masu sa ido Kirill Safronov da Ruslan Zainullin. A kakar wasa ta gaba, an ba shi zuwa Florida Panthers tare da zagaye na biyu na zagaye don musayar mai kare Brad Ference. Kamar yadda aka canza shi tsakanin kungiyoyi a farkon wasanninsa uku, Hordichuk ya taka leda a manyan kungiyoyi.