Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hodgson akavamba kutamba hockey yakarongwa pazera ramakore mana muHaliburton. Achitamba Ontario Minor Hockey Association's Haliburton Huskies (OMHA), aive vatambi pamwe naMatt Duchene. Vaviri ava vaive shamwari dzehudiki uye vakatamba pamwechete mukati mevadiki vavo uye vechidiki mabasa, kusanganisira neBrampton Battalion uye paCanada yenyika pasi pe-18 uye pasi pe-20 zvikwata. Mhuri yake yakanga iriwo shamwari nemhuri yaJeff Skinner ichikura muMarkham. Hodgson akatamba bantam hockey neToronto Jr. Canadiens yeGreater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), achitungamira timu yaisanganisira vamwe vana vanopedzisira vaitwa 2008 NHL draft
Alex Pietrangelo, Tyler Cuma, Josh Brittain naStefan Della Rovere. Nguva yaaiva nechikwata ichi yaisanganisira kuhwina mukombe wedunhu. Hodgson akabva ajoina OMHA's Markham Waxers, achikwikwidza nechikwata chavo chebantam muna 2004 <unk> 05, ipapo padanho rediki muna 2005 <unk> 06. Akanyora mushandirapamwe wemapoinzi makumi mashanu neshanu pamitambo makumi matatu mumwaka wake wediki, uku achinyorawo rubatsiro rumwe pamitambo miviri nechikwata cheJunior A. Munguva yebasa rake neWaxers chirongwa, akatamba padivi pevachazove NHL vatambi Steven Stamkos naMichael Del Zotto. Hodgson akanga atambawo pamwe chete naStamkos mumapoka ezhizha egore negore, kutanga pazera remakore 11.