Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Babenko an tsara shi ta Colorado Avalanche a 1996
a zagaye na biyu, 51st overall. Bayan kakar wasa a gasar Ontario Hockey League don Plymouth Whalers, Babenko ya shiga kungiyar Avalanche a shekarar 1998. Bayan yanayi uku a cikin Wasannin Hockey na Amurka don Hershey Bears, a ƙarshe ya fara buga wasan NHL don Colorado a lokacin 2000 <unk> 01 NHL kakar wasa, yana wasa wasanni 3 gaba ɗaya ba tare da yin rajista ba.