Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I whanau mai i Victoriaville, Quebec, i takaro a DeRouville i te QAAA me Magog i mua i tana urunga ki Longueuil Collège Français o te QMJHL. I whiriwhiria ia hei 115 o te katoa e te Pittsburgh Penguins i te tau 1992
kātahi ka hoki ki te rangatahi mō ētahi atu tau e rua. I tohu a DeRouville i a Canada i te 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. I whakaingoatia te taiohi taiohi ki te roopu whetu tuarua o te riiki i te 1993 me te 1994. I te tau 1993-94 ko tana 3.06 whaainga ki te toharite te mea pai rawa atu i te QMJHL.