Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Riendeau ga-eji oge 1986 <unk> 87 na 1987 <unk> 88 na-egwu egwuregwu maka obere egwuregwu egwuregwu nke Montreal, ndị Sherbrooke Canadiens nke AHL. N'oge mbụ ọ na-arụ ọrụ, e nyere Riendeau Harry "Hap" Holmes Trophy maka ikwe ka ihe mgbaru ọsọ ole na ole na-emegide na AHL. N'agbanyeghi na o tinyere ihe ndekọ mmeri na ndị na-eto eto, Riendeau tara ahụhụ na naanị ihe ngosi ya maka Montreal n'oge oge 1987/88, nke o kwere ka ihe mgbaru ọsọ 5 na minit 36. Ebe Montreal nwere ezigbo goaltending site na Patrick Roy na Brian Hayward, a gbanwere Riendeau na St. Louis na 9 August 1988 na Sergio Momesso maka Jocelyn Lemieux, Darrell May na nhọrọ nke abụọ nke St. Louis (nke ghọrọ Patrice Brisebois) na The
1989 NHL Entry Draft.