Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Toporowski a Paddockwood, Saskatchewan. Bayan an tsara shi, Toporowski ya ci gaba da buga wasan hockey na matasa don Prince Albert Raiders na Yammacin Hockey League (WHL). A watan Oktoba na 1994, Sarakuna sun yi musayar sa, Guy Leveque, Dixon Ward, da Kelly Fairchild zuwa Toronto Maple Leafs a musayar Eric Lacroix, Chris Snell, da kuma zagaye na hudu a cikin shirin 1996
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin yanayi biyu masu zuwa, Toporowski ya buga wa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Maple Leafs, St. John's Maple Leafs na American Hockey League (AHL). A cikin kakar wasa ta 1996-97, Toronto ta kira shi don wasanni uku na NHL.