Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Victoriaville, Quebec, DeRouville ya taka leda a QAAA tare da Magog kafin ya shiga Longueuil Collège Français na QMJHL. Pittsburgh Penguins ne suka zaɓe shi a matsayin na 115 a shekara ta
1992 sa'an nan kuma ya koma karami na tsawon shekaru biyu. DeRouville ya wakilci Kanada a gasar cin kofin duniya ta hockey ta duniya a shekarar 1993. An sanya sunan matashin mai baiwa a cikin ƙungiyar ta biyu ta taurari a cikin 1993 da 1994. A cikin 1993-94 burinsa na 3.06 a kan matsakaita shine mafi kyau a cikin QMJHL.