Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Liffiton akatanga basa rake rehudiki neAylmer Blues muOHA-B asati asarudzwa mumutambo wechi16, 326th, mu2000 Ontario Hockey League kusarudzwa kwekutanga nePlymouth Whalers. Joining the Whalers in the 2001-02 season, and developing as a physical stay-at-home defenseman, Liffiton akarekodha mwaka wake wakanakisa statistically muna 2002-03 aine zvibodzwa zvishanu zvemapoinzi gumi nematanhatu mumitambo makumi matanhatu nematanhatu kubatsira maWhalers kusvika kumagumo eWestern Conference vachipesana neKitchener Rangers. Iye akazotorwa 63rd yakazara mu2003 NHL Entry Draft neColorado Avalanche. Mugore rake rekupedzisira nePlymouth muna 2003-04, kodzero dzaLiffiton dzakabatanidzwa mukutengeserana neAvalanche, pamwe naChris McAllister, kuNew York Rangers mukutsinhana naMatthew Barnaby uye sarudzo yechitatu kutenderera mu
2004 (Denis Parshin) musi waMarch 8, 2004.