Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Cooke akatamba junior ice hockey muOntario Hockey League (OHL) kwemwaka mitatu, kunyanya neWindsor Spitfires, asati atamba zvine hunyanzvi. Achinyora 95-poindi (yegumi yakazara muligi), 146-miniti-yechirango mushandirapamwe mumwaka wake wechipiri weOHL, akasarudzwa 144th yakazara neVancouver Canucks mu1997 NHL Entry Draft
. Achidzokera kuOHL kwemwaka wechitatu mushure mekunyorwa, akatengeswa kubva kuWindsor kuenda kuKingston Frontenacs musi waZvita 17, 1997, mukutsinhana naBrent L'Heureux. Cooke aizopedza mwaka nebasa rake reOHL naKingston.