Ka cika wannan jumla: Agnew mai tsaron gida ne, mai kāre kansa, kuma ƙwararren ɗan kokawa ne. Vancouver Canucks sun zaba shi a zagaye na takwas (157th gaba ɗaya) a cikin
Zaben shiga NHL na shekarar 1984. Bayan da ya yi aiki mai ban mamaki a gasar Hockey ta Yamma tare da Brandon Wheat Kings da Portland Winter Hawks, Agnew ya zama mai sana'a kuma ya sanya hannu tare da Canucks a shekarar 1986.