Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Major ya fara karɓar kulawa daga masu neman NHL yayin wasa don Don Mills Flyers na MTHL a 1986. Ya ci gaba zuwa North Bay Centennials na Ontario Hockey League don kakar 1987 / 88 kuma ya sami maki 33 a cikin wasanni 57 don tafiya tare da jimlar minti 272 na horo (PIM). Major yana da kusan minti 5 na hukuncin kisa a wasa, amma salon sa mai tsauri ya kasance mai ban sha'awa ga masu binciken NHL kuma Major ya zaba 25th gaba daya ta Pittsburgh Penguins a cikin
Zaɓin NHL na shekarar 1988. Yanzu a matsayin mai sa ido na NHL, Major ya sami kwarin gwiwa kuma ya sake fara kakar 1988/89 tare da Centennials kafin a yi musayar wasanni 11 zuwa Kingston Raiders. Zai kasance a Kingston don wannan kakar da na gaba (lokacin da aka sake masa suna Kingston Frontenacs), ya zira kwallaye 112 da PIMs 361, kafin ya koma Muskegon Lumberjacks na International Hockey League. Major ya kasance tare da Lumberjacks na tsawon yanayi uku, inda ya ci maki 77 da PIMs 617. Ya jagoranci tawagar a cikin hukuncin kisa a lokacin kakar wasa ta 1991-92 tare da 302 kuma zai kara wasu PIMs 29 a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Lumberjacks wanda ya gan su sun rasa wasanni hudu zuwa babu a wasan karshe zuwa Kansas City Blades. Bayan lokacinsa na ƙarshe tare da Lumberjacks, wanda ya haɗa da ƙaura zuwa Cleveland, an bar Major ya tafi ta ƙungiyar iyaye Pittsburgh kuma da sauri ya sanya hannu a matsayin ɗan wasa kyauta ta Boston Bruins a ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1993.