 John E. Lilley akaberekwa musi waAugust 3, 1972 muWakefield, Massachusetts mutambi akarega basa weAmerican ice hockey. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza paCushing Academy, apo akaisa chinyorwa chitsva chokurova, akatamba hockey yekoroji yeBoston University. Akasarudzwa 140th yose neWinnipeg Jets mu1990 NHL Entry Draft akaenderera mberi kutamba mitambo 23 muNational Hockey League yeMighty Ducks yeAnaheim, achiwana zvibodzwa 3 uye 8 anobatsira mapoinzi gumi nerimwe uye achiunganidza maminetsi gumi nematatu. Akapedza mwaka mitatu muGermany yeDeutsche Eishockey Liga achitamba kuDüsseldorfer EG, Kassel Huskies uye Schwenninger Wild Wings. Lilley akanga ari muchikwata chenyika yeAmerica mu1994 Winter Olympics muLillehammer, Norway uye akatamba mu1994 World Championship. Akagumisa basa rake neLong Beach Ice Dogs. Iye zvino ndiye mutungamiriri mutsva wevasori uye kuvandudzwa kwevatambi veNY Rangers 