 From 2003 to 2006 he played Junior A lacrosse with the Orangeville Northmen.In 2005, he led the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League in scoring with a career high 102 points.After some controversy about transferring provinces within the Canadian Lacrosse Association, Veltman moved west to British Columbia and joined the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association in 2007.