Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akagadzirwa muna 2005 neNew Jersey Devils mumutambo wechitanhatu (170th yose). Mushure mekuona nguva muDhiyabhorosi famu system akachinjwa munaGunyana 2008 kubva kuNew Jersey kuenda kuPhoenix Coyotes. New Jersey yakagamuchira Kevin Cormier mukutsinhana naZimmerman. Akaenda kumusasa wekudzidzira weCoyote gore rimwe chetero, asi haana kuita timu uye akapihwa kumaligi madiki. Muvaduku akaparadzanisa nguva pakati pePhoenix's American Hockey League (AHL) nhengo yeSan Antonio Rampage uye yavo yeCentral Hockey League (CHL) nhengo yeArizona Sundogs. Zimmerman akarekodha zvibodzwa zviviri nemapoinzi mashanu mumitambo makumi mashanu nematanhatu nemakirabhu maviri aya. Akapinda zvakare mumusasa wekudzidzira weCoyote mwaka unotevera, asi zvakare akatumirwa kune vadiki. Akatamba mumitambo makumi manomwe nemaviri mukati megore reRampage uye akavandudza mapoinzi ake kusvika pa9 uye akawedzera +13 chiyero (kumusoro kubva pakubatanidzwa -10 mwaka wapfuura). Pakupera kwezuva rokutengeserana kweNHL Zimmerman, pamwe chete nechisarudzo chechitanhatu mumutambo we2010
, yakatengeswa nePhoenix kuVancouver Canucks mukutsinhana naMathieu Schneider.