He was given an invite to the club's 1993 training camp, and shocked everyone by making the team. Charbonneau was playing and scoring regularly for the first two months of the season, until back and knee injuries struck and caused him to miss 4 months of action.
Charbonneau was invited to the club's 1993 training camp, where he made the team despite being a surprise selection. He started playing well in the first two months of the season but suffered back and knee injuries that caused him to miss four months of play.