Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Major wuxuu bilaabay inuu helo dareenka indha indheeyayaasha NHL isagoo u ciyaaraya Don Mills Flyers ee MTHL sanadkii 1986. Wuxuu u gudbay North Bay Centennials ee Ontario Hockey League xilli ciyaareedkii 1987/88 wuxuuna dhaliyay 33 dhibcood 57 ciyaarood si uu ula socdo 272 daqiiqo oo ciqaab ah (PIM). Major wuxuu celcelis ahaan qaatay ku dhawaad 5 daqiiqo oo ciqaab ah ciyaar, laakiin qaabkiisa adag ayaa waxaa jeclaa indha indheeyayaasha NHL waxaana Major loo doortay 25aad guud ahaan Pittsburgh Penguins ee 1988 NHL Draft
Waxaad Hadda oo ah rajo NHL ah, Major wuxuu helay kalsooni wuxuuna bilaabay xilli ciyaareedkii 1988/89 mar kale Centennials ka hor inta aan lagu beddelin 11 ciyaarood Kingston Raiders. Wuxuu ku sii jiri lahaa Kingston xilli ciyaareedkaas iyo xilli ciyaareedka xiga (markii loogu magac daray Kingston Frontenacs), isagoo dhaliyay 112 dhibcood iyo 361 PIMs, ka hor inta uusan u dhaqaaqin Muskegon Lumberjacks ee Horyaalka Hockeyga Caalamiga ah. Major wuxuu la joogay Lumberjacks muddo saddex xilli ciyaareed ah, isagoo dhaliyay 77 dhibcood iyo 617 PIMs. Wuxuu hogaamiyay kooxda ganaaxyada intii lagu jiray xilli ciyaareedkii 1991-92 oo leh 302 wuxuuna ku dari lahaa 29 PIMs oo kale Lumberjacks' playoff run taas oo u aragtay inay lumiyeen afar ciyaarood oo aan midna ku jirin finalka Kansas City Blades. Ka dib xilli ciyaareedkiisii ugu dambeeyay ee uu la qaatay Lumberjacks, oo ay kujirtay dib u guurista Cleveland, Major waxaa iska daayay kooxda waalidka Pittsburgh waxaana si dhakhso leh u saxiixay sida wakiil xor ah Boston Bruins bishii Luulyo 22, 1993.