Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achienda kuchikwata cheCanada chevaduku vari pasi pemakore 20, akaita mutambo wake wokutanga paMitambo yeNyika yeJunior muna 2009. Akadanwa kuchikwata pazera ramakore 17, akanga ari mumwe wavatatu
vatambi vanokodzera kunyorwa mukirabhu naJohn Tavares naEvander Kane. Murairidzi mukuru Pat Quinn akanga araira Ellis kare paWorld U18 Championships. Akasarudza Ellis kuchikwata semudziviriri wechisere, panzvimbo yekusarudza wechi13 chetsika, nekuda kwekugona kwake pakutamba kwesimba. Mumutambo we semifinal neRussia, Ellis akaita basa guru pakuita kuti mutambo uenzane sekondi shanu dzakanga dzasara mumutemo. Kaviri, akadzivisa puck kuti isabviswe munharaunda inorwisa, iyo yakabvumira kutamba kunovandudza izvo zvakaguma nechinangwa cheJordan Eberle. Canada yakakurira Russia mukupfura isati yarova Sweden mumutambo wokupedzisira kuti ikunde ndarama. Ellis akarova mapoinzi manomwe mumitambo mitanhatu kuti apedze wechina pakati pevatsigiri vemutambo mukukora. Yakagadzawo chinyorwa cheCanada chepfungwa dzakawanda nomudziviriri ane makore 17 okukura.