Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 Amurkawa na Tri-City da Spokane Chiefs. New York Rangers ne suka zaba shi a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 1998
a zagaye na uku, na 66 a duka.