Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zajac akatanga basa rake rejunior ice hockey neSalmon Arm Silverbacks yeBritish Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). Mumwe wevaaitamba navo aive Brady Murray, uyo aizotamba kwenguva pfupi muNHL yeLos Angeles Kings, uye mutambi wake aive ramangwana Calgary Flames winger Kris Chucko. Mumwaka wake wechipiri neSalmon Arm, Zajac akatungamira timu muzvinangwa, kubatsira uye mapoinzi, uye akapedza wechipiri muLigi mune zviverengero zviviri zvekupedzisira. Pakupera kwemwaka, akatumidzwa zita rekuti MVP yeBCHL's Interior Division, uye akatamba muBCHL All-Star Game. Kutamba kwake kwakakwezva kutarisisa, uye akafungidzirwa kuve anogona kuve wekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini dhizaini mu2004 NHL Entry Draft. Kufungidzira kwakaratidza kuva kwakarurama, sezvo New Jersey Devils yaizomutora ne20th yose inosarudza. The Devils vakatengesa kuti vawane Zajac, izvo "zvaireva zvakawanda" kwaari, asi hazvina kushamisika, sezvo maDhiyabhorosi akamuongorora kupfuura chero rimwe boka. Zajac akasarudza kutamba kukoreji ice hockey yeYunivhesiti yeNorth Dakota pane huru junior hockey muCanada Hockey League (CHL), sezvo aida dzidzo mukuwedzera pakutamba hockey. Ipapo-Dhiyabhorosi General Manager Lou Lamoriello akataura kuti kwaizova nenzvimbo yaZajac muNorth Dakota roster nokuti Madhimoni akanga achidana mberi Zach Parise, akanyorwa gore rakapfuura
, kutamba hockey yebasa.