A highly touted prospect, Corbet was a prolific scorer in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Drummondville Voltigeurs, winning the Jean Béliveau Trophy in his final season in 1992–93.

[citation needed] Corbet made his professional debut in the 1993–94 NHL season and played nine games with the Nordiques, scoring a goal and an assist.

During his fourth season with the Avalanche in 1998–99 Corbet was traded, along with Wade Belak and Robyn Regehr, to the Calgary Flames for Theoren Fleury and Chris Dingman on February 28, 1999.

[citation needed] Unable to replicate the scoring pace from his junior career, Corbet settled into a checking line role and after only 48 games with the Flames in the 1999–2000 season, he was again traded, along with Tyler Moss to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brad Werenka on March 14, 2000.

[3] Corbet was besieged with injuries, missing half the year but returned to help the Pittsburgh to the Conference finals before moving to Germany in 2001 to join Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).