Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Timmins, Ontario, i hangaia a Courville e te Winnipeg Jets i te rauna tuarima (119th katoa) o te
Ko te 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He tino pai tana wa whakamutunga o te OHL i te tau 1994-95 i eke ai ia ki te 73 nga tohu me te mea he waahanga nui o te kapa koura a Kanata i te 1995 World Junior Championships, engari kaore i taea te haere mai ki te kirimana kirimana me Winnipeg. I te mutunga, ka uru ano ia ki te kaupapa, ka kowhiria e te 61 o te katoa e te Vancouver Canucks i te 1995 NHL draft.