Pope joined Cardiff from the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL).

After a one-year stint on Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Langley Hornets, in which he recorded 71 points in 60 games, Pope began a four-year career with Bemidji State University of College Hockey America (CHA), a conference in the NCAA's Division I circuit.

However, Pope never made the starting lineup and spent the majority of the 2009–10 season with Manitoba Moose and played six games with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL.

[7] After a season with HC Valpellice of the Serie A, Pope joined his second Italian club, HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL, on August 24, 2015.

[9] On 14 July 2017, Pope completed a move to the Cardiff Devils - the reigning UK Elite Ice Hockey League champions.