Cika wannan jumla: Larocque an rubuta shi a zagaye na farko, 16th overall by Tampa Bay Lightning a
A shekara ta 1996. Ya yi nasarar buga wasanni biyar na NHL don Walƙiya a lokacin NHL na 1998 <unk> 99, ba tare da samun maki ba tare da mintuna 16 na horo. Ya shafe sauran wannan kakar a gasar Hockey ta Duniya tare da Cleveland Lumberjacks kafin ya buga wasanni biyu tare da Detroit Vipers na wannan gasar. Bayan da IHL ya rushe, Buffalo Sabres ya sanya hannu a kan shi amma an sanya shi zuwa Ƙungiyar Hockey ta Amurka tare da Rochester Amurkawa kuma bai taɓa ganin lokacin kankara tare da Sabres ba.