Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Hanifin ya kasance zaɓi na uku na farko don NHL Entry Draft na 2015, kuma mai tsaron gida mai lamba ɗaya. An zabi shi a matsayin na biyar na Carolina Hurricanes. Hanifin ya taka leda a shirin USA Hockey na U17 wanda ya fito daga Ann Arbor, Michigan, amma an kara shi zuwa kungiyar U18 ta kasa a matsayin dan wasan da bai kai shekara 18 ba, yana taimakawa kungiyar Amurka ta lashe lambar zinare a gasar zakarun duniya ta U18 ta IIHF ta 2014.
Ka yi haƙuri. Shi ne dan wasan tsaron Amurka mafi yawan kwallaye a gasar tare da burin daya da maki biyar. Bayan hanzarta kammala karatun sakandare, Hanifin ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Boston yana ɗan shekara 17, yana wasa da Eagles kuma ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin ƙungiyar.