Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: McCabe kwagara Calgary, Alberta, mgbe ọ dị obere ma nọrọ ọtụtụ n'ime obere ọrụ hockey ya na-egwu na mpaghara Calgary. Ndị New York Islanders wepụtara ya na Western Hockey League (WHL) nke 40 n'ozuzu ya na
Na 1993, McCabe gbara asọmpi na 1995 Memorial Cup ma kpọọ aha ya na azụ azụ WHL First All-Star Teams n'oge nnukwu ọrụ ya. Ọ malitere ọrụ NHL ya na ndị Islanders tupu oge ya na Vancouver Canucks na Chicago Blackhawks. N'afọ 2000-2001, McCabe malitere oge asaa na Toronto Maple Leafs, ebe ọ na-egwuri egwu ọtụtụ ọrụ ya.