Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Donovan akasarudzwa 96th yakazara muchikamu chechina cheNational Hockey League's (NHL) 2008 draft
neNew York Islanders. Paakapedza mwaka wake wechipiri paYunivhesiti yeDenver, akakurumidza kusaina chibvumirano chehunyanzvi neIslanders, avo vakamupa basa rekutamba mubatanidzwa wavo weAmerican Hockey League (AHL), Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Donovan akarova chinangwa uye mana anobatsira mumitambo mitanhatu yekupedzisira ye2010 / 11 AHL mwaka. Kwemwaka wa2012-13, Donovan akabatanidza Justin Schultz kuti awane mapoinzi mazhinji pakati peAHL vadziviriri vane 48.