Faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Ina ua maeʻa lana tausaga muamua i Michigan State, na tusia e McCauley e le Detroit Red Wings i le taamilosaga 8 o le 1990 NHL Entry Draft
. Ina ua uma ona faauu mai le iunivesite, sa taalo o ia i le hockey league laiti ma le Las Vegas Thunder ma Fort Wayne Komets o le International Hockey League, le Knoxville Cherokees o le East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), le Muskegon Fury o le Colonial Hockey League ma Milan i le Italia Serie A liki. Na faamutaina lana taalo i le 1997 ona o manuʻa.