Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Achienderera mberi nechikwata cheCanada chevadiki vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri, akaita mutambo wake wekutanga pamitambo mitatu yeWorld Junior Championship muna 2009. Akadanwa kuchikwata pazera remakore 17, akanga ari mumwe wevatambi vatatu vakakodzera kunyorwa
mukirabhu naJohn Tavares naEvander Kane. Murairidzi mukuru Pat Quinn akanga araira Ellis kare paWorld U18 Championships. Akasarudza Ellis kuchikwata semudziviriri wechisere, panzvimbo yekusarudza wechi13 chetsika, nekuda kwekugona kwake pakutamba kwesimba. Mumutambo we semifinal neRussia, Ellis akaita basa guru pakuita kuti mutambo uenzane sekondi shanu dzakanga dzasara mumutemo. Kaviri, akadzivisa puck kuti isabviswe munharaunda inorwisa, iyo yakabvumira kutamba kunovandudza izvo zvakaguma nechinangwa cheJordan Eberle. Canada yakakurira Russia mukupfura isati yarova Sweden mumutambo wokupedzisira kuti ikunde ndarama. Ellis akarova mapoinzi manomwe mumitambo mitanhatu kuti apedze wechina pakati pevatsigiri vemutambo mukukora. Yakagadzawo chinyorwa cheCanada chepfungwa dzakawanda nomudziviriri ane makore 17 okukura.