Kammala wannan jumla: Los Angeles Kings sun zabi Cammalleri a zagaye na biyu na
2001 NHL Entry Draft, 49th gaba ɗaya. Ya zaɓi ya kasance a kwaleji, ya koma ƙungiyar Wolverines da ta fi ƙuruciya yawa a matsayin mataimakin kyaftin kuma yana tsammanin zai zama shugaban ƙungiyar. A farkon kakar wasa, a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2001, ya buga wasan "Cold War" da Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, wasan waje wanda ya kafa tarihin duniya a lokacin don wasan hockey a magoya baya 74,554. Kodayake ya kusan rasa wasan saboda raunin hip-flexor, Cammalleri ya bayyana a cikin dukkanin burin Michigan guda uku yayin da wasan ya ƙare a cikin 3 × 3.