 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sparks akatamba hockey yeligi diki neChicago Mission yeTier 3 Elite Hockey League, asati ajoina Guelph Storm yeOntario Hockey League OHL muna 2010. Akasarudzwa nekirabhu mumutambo wechisere, 160th yakazara mu2009 OHL Priority Selection. Sparks akaita 19 kuoneka kweStorm, achienda 861 ye.890 kuchengetedza muzana, achitamba zvakanaka zvakakwana kuti asarudzwe neToronto Maple Leafs 190th yakazara mu2011 NHL Entry Draft. Sparks aizopedza mwaka miviri inotevera neStorm, achitamba muchidimbu mumitambo mitatu yeMaple Leafs American Hockey League AHL mubatanidzwa, iyo Toronto Marlies, pakupera kwemwaka wa2012 13. Muna 2013, Sparks akamiririra United States uye akahwina goridhe pa2013 World Junior Ice Hockey ChampionshipmuRussia. Gore rakatevera, Sparks aizogovera nguva pakati peMarlies neOrlando Solar Bears yeECHL. 