Kammala jumla mai zuwa: LaBarbera ya buga wasan hockey na kankara na matasa a gasar Hockey ta Yamma (WHL) da farko tare da Portland Winter Hawks na tsawon yanayi huɗu kuma a takaice tare da Tri-City Americans da Spokane Chiefs. New York Rangers ne suka zaɓe shi a shekara ta
1998 NHL Entry Draft a zagaye na uku, 66th gaba ɗaya.