Ka cika wannan jumla: An haifi Gravel a Berlin, Jamus amma ya girma a Asbestos, Quebec. Shi ne dan Francois Gravel, tsohon kwararren mai tsaron raga na kankara wanda aka zaba a zagaye na uku, na 87 a duka a gasar cin kofin duniya.
1987 NHL Entry Draft ta Montreal Canadiens kuma ya wakilci Faransa a gasar Olympics ta 1998. An yi wahayi zuwa ga Gravel don buga wasan mai tsaron gida saboda mahaifinsa, kuma ya fara wasa lokacin da yake kimanin shekaru biyar, da farko yana wasa a Italiya inda mahaifinsa ya buga shekaru 12.