Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: McBride akatanga kutamba kuDenver gore rimwe pashure pokunge chikwata chacho chaita chisarudzo chisina kutarisirwa kuFrozen Four. VaPioneers vakadzokera pakati pemapoka pashure pacho uye McBride aigona bedzi kubetsera chikwata kupedza mutambo uri pamusoro pe.500. Mushure memwaka wake wokutanga, Pittsburgh Penguins yakatora pepa raMcBride, vachishandisa chisarudzo chomutambo wechi10 paari muna
NHL 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.