Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Cashion's Glen, Ontario, McDonald ya buga wa manyan kungiyoyi daban-daban a Fort William, Ontario, da Port Arthur, Ontario, kafin ya shiga sabuwar New Westminster Royals na PCHA. An kira shi zuwa ƙungiyar farko ta tauraron farko a 1912, 1913, da 1914. McDonald ya buga wasanni takwas a duka a cikin PCHA kafin 1919. Ya buga wasan karshe na Stanley Cup na 1919
, an soke shi bayan wasanni biyar saboda annobar cutar mura ta Spain, kuma ya sake buga wasa daya a shekarar 1920/21 tare da Edmonton Dominions na Big Four League kafin ya yi ritaya.