Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Afọ abụọ n'ime afọ atọ ya na-eto eto na-eto eto na Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Medicine Hat Tigers, Lupul bụ onye Mighty Ducks nke Anaheim dere dịka nhọrọ mbụ nke otu ahụ, nke asaa n'ozuzu, na
2002 NHL Entry Draft. A họpụtara Rick Nash nke London Knights nke mbụ na onye otu Lupul's Tigers Jay Bouwmeester gara nke atọ n'afọ ahụ. N'oge na-esote, Lupul mere ndepụta ikpeazụ maka Canada ma kpọọ na 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship na Halifax, Nova Scotia.