Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shekaru biyu a cikin shekaru uku na babban aikinsa na matasa tare da Medicine Hat Tigers na Yammacin Hockey League (WHL), Lupul ne Mighty Ducks na Anaheim ya tsara shi a matsayin zaɓi na farko na ƙungiyar, na bakwai a gaba ɗaya, a 2002 NHL Entry Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. An zabi Rick Nash na London Knights da farko kuma abokin aikin Lupul na Tigers Jay Bouwmeester ya zama na uku a wannan shekarar. A kakar wasa ta gaba, Lupul ya sanya jerin sunayen karshe na Kanada kuma ya taka leda a Gasar Hockey ta Duniya ta Junior ta 2003 a Halifax, Nova Scotia.