Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Waite bụ otu n'ime ndị na-eche nche kachasị elu na ngwụsị afọ ndị 1980 na ọtụtụ ndị na-enyocha ihe kweere na o nwere ikike ịghọ kpakpando. A họpụtara ya onye goolu kacha mma na 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships ma kpọọkwa ya n'òtù egwuregwu niile kpakpando ka Canada meriri ọla edo. Ndị Chicago Blackhawks họpụtara ya na
1987 NHL Entry Draft; ndị Blackhawks adịlarị n'ime ihe mgbaru ọsọ na ma Ed Belfour na Dominik Hašek (ọ bụ ezie na Hasek enweghị ike ịbịa North America na-enweghị isi n'oge ahụ). Ọ bụ ezie na Waite natara nnukwu akụkụ nke mmalite na ọrụ nkwado Belfour maka Chicago, na Hasek na-egwu egwuregwu 25 naanị na oge 2, Waite egosighi nkà siri ike ma mesịa zigara San Jose Sharks, na n'ikpeazụ Phoenix Coyotes. Mgbe afọ 2001 gachara, Waite gbara afọ isii na Germany, na-egwu afọ isii maka ERC Ingolstadt na Deutsche Eishockey Liga ma bịanyere aka na Jenụwarị 2010 maka Nürnberg Ice Tigers.