Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Ward a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, yana girma a can kuma a cikin unguwar Edmonton na Sherwood Park, Alberta. A lokacin aikinsa na shekaru uku a cikin gasar Hockey ta Yammacin Turai (WHL) tare da Red Deer Rebels, Hurricanes sun zaɓe shi a matsayin na 25 a cikin duka.
Zaɓin shiga NHL na 2002. Bayan kakar wasa tare da kungiyar Hurricanes 'American Hockey League (AHL), Lowell Lock Monsters, ya lashe Kofin Stanley tare da Hurricanes a 2006, ya lashe Conn Smythe Trophy a matsayin dan wasa mafi daraja a wasan karshe. Ya zama mai tsaron gida na farko da ya lashe Kofin Stanley a matsayin rookie tun Patrick Roy a 1986.