Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vachidisa mukana wokusarudza Puempel, Ottawa yakatengesa vaviri vekusarudza kwechipiri (35th uye 48th yose) kuDetroit kuitira kuti vawane nzvimbo yechi 24th yose muhurongwa
. Puempel yakasaina chibvumirano chechikamu chekutanga neSenators musi waZvita 29, 2011. Akaita nyanzvi yake yekutanga neBinghamton Senators mukupera kwemwaka wa2011-12. Mumwaka wake wekutanga wakazara wehunyanzvi muna 2013-14, Puempel akarova zvibodzwa makumi matatu, achibatanidza Mike Hoffman kuchikwata cheBinghamton chinotungamira zvibodzwa.