Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na filifilia Romfo e le Minnesota North Stars i le 226th overall i le
1992 NHL Entry Draft mai le Blaine High School. Na ia faʻaaluina vaitau e fa ma le Iunivesite o Minnesota <unk> Duluth Bulldogs ae leʻi liliu faʻapolofesa i le 1996, faʻaaluina vaitau e fa ma le South Carolina Stingrays o le East Coast Hockey League. Na ia taalo foi i taaloga e tolu i le American Hockey League mo le South Carolina Stingrays i le vaitau o le AHL 1998/99.