Kammala wannan magana: McBride ya fara bugawa Denver wasa shekara guda bayan tawagar ta yi mamakin gudu zuwa Frozen Four. Pioneers sun nutse a tsakiyar rukuni bayan haka kuma McBride zai iya taimaka wa ƙungiyar kawai ta gama wasa sama da.500. Bayan lokacinsa na farko, Pittsburgh Penguins ya dauki takarda a kan McBride, ta yin amfani da zagaye na 10 a kan shi a
Zaɓin NHL. Ya ba da kyauta ga zaɓaɓɓu tare da kakar wasa ta 30 a shekara mai zuwa kuma ya jagoranci Pioneers a cikin zira kwallaye. Denver ba ta fi kyau ba fiye da yadda suke a farkon kakar wasa ta farko kuma sun kasance ƙungiya ce ta matsakaici har zuwa ƙarshen kakar wasansa. Duk da rashin nasarar kungiyar, an zabi McBride a matsayin All-American a shekarar 1989 kuma ya jagoranci Denver zuwa gasar WCHA.