Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Neely ya buga wasan hockey tare da Ridge Meadows Hockey Association don yawancin aikinsa na ƙananan kuma an sanya shi cikin jerin sunayen mutane masu daraja. 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 overall a cikin
1983 shigarwa da kuma taka leda uku yanayi tare da su.