Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: After playing major-junior he played in the ECHL and American Hockey League before returning to his hometown of Thunder Bay to play for the Lakehead Thunderwolves .
Simplified: He then went on to play for in the ECHL and American Hockey League before returning to his hometown of Thunder Bay to play for the Lakehead Thunderwolves .