Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Major akatanga kuwana ngwariro kubva kuvatsvaki veNHL achitambira Don Mills Flyers yeMTHL muna 1986. Akafambira mberi kuenda kuNorth Bay Centennials yeOntario Hockey League yemwaka wa1987/88 uye akaisa mapoinzi makumi matatu nematatu mumitambo makumi mashanu neshanu kuti aende pamwe chete nemaminetsi makumi maviri nemakumi maviri nemaviri ekuranga (PIM). Major akawana maminitsi mashanu echirango pamutambo, asi maitiro ake akaoma akafarirwa neNHL scouts uye Major akasarudzwa 25th yakazara nePittsburgh Penguins mu1988 NHL Draft
. Zvino somunhu NHL tarisiro, Major akawana chivimbo uye akatanga 1988/89 mwaka zvakare pamwe Centennials asati vachinjaniswa 11 mitambo kupinda Kingston Raiders. Aizoramba ari muKingston mwaka iwoyo uye unotevera (pavakatumidzwa zita rekuti Kingston Frontenacs), achiwana 112 mapoinzi uye 361 PIMs, asati aenda kuMuskegon Lumberjacks yeInternational Hockey League. Major akagara neLumberjacks kwemwaka mitatu, achiwana mapoinzi makumi manomwe nemanomwe nemakumi matanhatu nenomwe. Akatungamira timu muzvirango mukati megore ra1991-92 aine 302 uye aizowedzera mamwe maPIM makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe mumutambo weLumberjacks 'playoff uyo wakavaona vachirasikirwa nemitambo mina kusvika hapana mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kuKansas City Blades. Mushure memwaka wake wekupedzisira neLumberjacks, iyo yaisanganisira kutamira kuCleveland, Major akabvumidzwa kuenda nekirabhu yemubereki Pittsburgh uye akakurumidza kusaina semunhu akasununguka neBoston Bruins musi waChikunguru 22, 1993.