 Eatough was a star in the Ontario Hockey League, finishing seventh in the league with 53 goals in the 1981–82 season while playing for the Cornwall Royals.He was drafted in the fourth round, 80th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.He played just one game in the National Hockey League with the Sabres as an 18-year-old during the 1981–82 season.