Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera mwaka wake weCentennial Cup-kuhwina mwaka neNotre Dame, Herter akatamira kuYunivhesiti yeNorth Dakota kunotamba hockey yekoreji neNorth Dakota Fighting Sioux yeWestern Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Pakati pemwaka wake wekutanga, Herter akaverengerwa semutambi wepamusoro anowanikwa pa1989 NHL Entry Draft
neNHL Central Scouting Bureau. Herter akapedza mwaka wake wekutanga aine zvibodzwa zvisere uye anobatsira makumi maviri nemana mumitambo makumi mana nemana. Kubatsira kwake makumi maviri nemana uye mapoinzi makumi matatu nemaviri akaisa-mwaka mumwe chete wekutanga kubatsira uye mapoinzi marekodhi kuNorth Dakota, kunyangwe rekodhi yake yemapoinzi yaputswa. Mushure memwaka, Herter akapinda 1989 NHL Entry Draft wechipiri wechipiri pakati pevatambi veNorth America, achidonhedza nzvimbo imwe muNHL Central Scouting Bureau yekupedzisira dhizaini. Musi waJune 17, 1989, akasarudzwa 8th yakazara neVancouver Canucks.