Buuxi weedha soo socota: Cooke wuxuu ciyaaray hockey baraf ah oo yaryar oo ka tirsan Horyaalka Ontario Hockey League (OHL) muddo saddex xilli ciyaareed ah, oo inta badan la leh Windsor Spitfires, ka hor inta uusan u ciyaarin xirfad ahaan. Isagoo diiwaan galiyay 95 dhibcood oo cajiib ah (ugu dambeyntii tobnaad ee horyaalka), 146-daqiiqo oo ciqaab ah xilli ciyaareedkiisii labaad ee OHL, waxaa soo qaatay 144aad guud ahaan kooxda Vancouver Canucks
1997kii oo ahaa doorashada ugu horeysa ee NHL. Dib ugu soo laabashada OHL xilli ciyaareedkii saddexaad ka dib markii la soo saaray, waxaa laga beddelay Windsor oo loo beddelay Kingston Frontenacs bishii Diseembar 17, 1997, iyada oo lagu beddelay Brent L'Heureux. Cooke wuxuu ku dhameysan lahaa xilli ciyaareedkii iyo xirfadiisa OHL ee Kingston.