Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-egwuri egwu na 1983 World Junior Hockey Championships, Lemieux adịghị egwu maka Canada Juniors na 1984
n'ihi na ọ masịghị etu onye nkuzi Dave King si mesoo ya ihe n'asọmpi gara aga. Ọ chọghịkwa imebi oge ọ na-aga n'ụlọ akwụkwọ. Ọ kwụsịrị ọrụ ya na QMJHL na isi ihe 562 (247 ihe mgbaru ọsọ, 315 enyere aka) na oge atọ. Tupu 1984 NHL Entry Draft, Lemieux kwupụtara na ọ chọrọ igwu egwu maka onye ọ bụla họpụtara ya. Ya na onye nnọchi anya ya nọ na nsogbu na Pittsburgh Penguins ma enweghị ike ịmekọrịta nkwekọrịta. N'ihi nke a, mgbe ndị Penguins kpọrọ aha ya dị ka onye mbụ na-ahọrọ ihe niile, o meghị aka onye isi njikwa Eddie Johnston ma ọ bụ tinye uwe Penguins, nke bụ ọdịnala NHL. O kwuru na obi adịghị ya mma maka nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta ahụ, ma kwuo na "Pittsburgh achọghị [ya] nke ọma". N'agbanyeghi na e mere ntuliaka ahụ na Montreal, ihe karịrị puku mmadụ atọ na-akwado ya lere ya na Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. Egwuregwu Penguins na-adọta ihe na-erughị puku mmadụ asaa na-akwado ya n'oge ahụ. Mgbe draft ahụ gasịrị, Johnston bịanyere aka na Lemieux na nkwekọrịta afọ abụọ maka $ 600,000, gbakwunyere ego $ 150,000 maka ịbịanye aka.