Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kelly ya buga wasan hockey na matasa tare da Prince Albert Raiders na Western Hockey League (WHL), inda ya tara maki 254 a wasanni 268. A cikin 1995-96, Kelly ya ci maki 101 da mintuna 203 na hukunci don jagorantar Raiders zuwa kakar nasara 47 da matsayi na biyu a cikin WHL Eastern Division. Daga nan Kelly aka zaba a zagaye na farko, na shida a cikin duka, na 1995 NHL Entry Draft
ta Edmonton Oilers.