O\'Marra was born to Irish Canadian parents in Tokyo, Japan, and moved to Canada when he was one year old. O\'Marra was also a student at Athabasca University.\n', '

O\'Marra attended Mentor College Primary School and Lorne Park Secondary School both in Mississauga, Ontario.[citation needed] As a minor ice hockey player in his youth, he participated in the 2000 and 2001 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the North York Rangers, and the Toronto Marlboros teams.\n', '

O\'Marra played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Erie Otters. In two seasons with the Otters, he has earned 95 points (41 goals and 54 assists) in 127 regular season games. He has also scored 15 points (nine goals and six assists) in 15 playoff games with the Otters. O\'Marra was then drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He became the first Japanese-born Canadian player selected in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed]\n', '

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