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The [[Chicago Blackhawks]] signed Lamothe to a contract on 21 August 1996. Lamothe spent the next three seasons with Chicago's top minor league affiliate, the [[Indianapolis Ice]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945-2001)|IHL]]. With Indianapolis, Lamothe platooned with number of different goalies and honed his game while waiting for his chance to be called up to the NHL. At the start of tthe 1999-2000 season, Lamothe left Indianapolis to play for the [[Cleveland Lumberjacks]], though his rights were still maintained by Chicago. Early in the 1999-00 campaign, Lamothe got the call from the Blackhawks who needed him to suit up as [[Jocelyn Thibault]]'s back up as in injury fill in for [[Steve Passmore]].

Just four minutes into the game, Thibault went down with an injury and Lamothe made his NHL debut. The [[St. Louis Blues]], however, were merciless and gave the rookie goaltender a baptism by fire, scoring seven times en route to an 8-3 victory. He was able to build some confidence after this tough first game a week later, when he stopped 22 of 25 shots versus the [[Boston Bruins]] and posted his first big league victory.

===Columbus Blue Jackets===