Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pazera remakore makumi maviri, akasarudzwa muna 2000 neAtlanta Thrashers senzvimbo yechi180 yose muchikamu chechitanhatu. Hordichuk akazivikanwa zvikuru muNHL nokuda kwekutamba kwake kwemuviri uye kurwisana. Paakanyorwa, akagoverwa kune Thrashers 'diki ligi yakabatana, iyo Orlando Solar Bears yeInternational Hockey League (IHL). Akapedzisa mwaka wake wekutanga wehunyanzvi zvakare achionekwa mumitambo gumi nerimwe yeTrashers sekudaidzwa. Akachengetedza nzvimbo yechikwata nekirabhu mugore rake rechipiri, asi akachinjirwa panguva yekupedzisira yekutengeserana kuPhoenix Coyotes pamwe nechishanu-kutenderera dhizaini mu
2002 mukutsinhanisa tarisiro Kirill Safronov naRuslan Zainullin. Mumwaka unotevera, akaendeswa kuFlorida Panthers pamwe chete nekusarudzwa kwechipiri-kutenderera mukutsinhana nemudziviriri Brad Ference. Sezvo akachinjwa pakati pemapoka mumwaka wake wekutanga mitatu, Hordichuk akatamba zvakanyanya mumakwikwi madiki.