Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan kuma ya girma a Amherst, New York lokacin da mahaifinsa, Bill Hajt ya kasance memba na Buffalo Sabres. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Arewa ta Williamsville kuma ya kammala karatu a 1996. Edmonton Oilers sun zaba Hajt a zagaye na biyu, na 32 a cikin duka
1996 NHL Entry Draft bayan buga wasan hockey na matasa tare da Guelph Storm na Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Ya zama babban mai karewa a cikin aikinsa na matasa tare da Storm. Hajt ya shafe lokaci a cikin National Hockey League, yana wasa a wasanni shida, daya tare da Oilers a lokacin kakar 2000-2001, sauran biyar tare da Washington Capitals a cikin kakar 2003-2004, kuma bai yi rikodin maki a cikin NHL ba.