Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muVictoriaville, Quebec, DeRouville akatamba muQAAA naMagog asati ajoina Longueuil Collège Français yeQMJHL. Akasarudzwa wechi115 chose chose nePittsburgh Penguins muna 1992
ipapo vakadzokera kuchikoro chejunior kwemamwe makore maviri. DeRouville akamirira Canada pa 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Uyu muduku ane chipo akatumidzwa kunzvimbo yechipiri yeboka renyeredzi dzose muna 1993 na1994. Muna 1993-94 zvibodzwa zvake 3.06 zvinopesana neavhareji yaive yakanakisa muQMJHL.