Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Larsen a Nakusp, British Columbia, amma ya girma a Vernon, British Columbia. Ya buga wasan hockey na kankara na matasa don Swift Current Broncos inda ya jawo hankalin masu binciken NHL. An rubuta Larsen a zagaye na 3, 53rd gaba ɗaya ta Ottawa Senators a cikin 1995 NHL Entry Draft. An sayar da haƙƙoƙinsa zuwa Colorado Avalanche a 1996. Ba a sanya hannu ta Avalanche ta hanyar 1997 NHL Entry Draft
rana kuma daga baya ya sake shiga cikin daftarin kuma an tsara shi na 87th gaba ɗaya ta Avalanche.