Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - McBride akavamba kutamba Denver gore rimwe pashure pokunge boka racho raita nhangemutange inoshamisa kuFrozen Four. VaPioneers vakadzokera pakati pemapoka pashure pacho uye McBride aigona bedzi kubetsera chikwata kupedza mutambo uri pamusoro pe.500. Mushure memwaka wake wekutanga wePittsburgh Penguins akatora flyer paMcBride, achishandisa 10th-round sarudzo paari muNHL Draft
. Akapa mubayiro kusarudzwa ne 30-chinangwa mwaka gore rakatevera uye akatungamirira Pioneers mukuisa zvibodzwa. Denver yakanga isiri nani zvikuru kupfuura zvavakanga vari mumwaka wake wokutanga uye yakaramba iri boka risina kunaka kusvikira pakupera kwemwaka wake wechiduku. Pasinei nokushaikwa kwekubudirira kwechikwata, McBride akatumidzwa zita reAll-American muna 1989 uye akatungamira Denver kuWCHA Championship.