Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na NHL ọhụrụ, ndị Montreal Wanderers họpụtara McDonald. McDonald bụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu iri na abụọ bụ ndị so na ndị otu Wanderers nke 1917/18. Ọkụ gbara ebe egwuregwu ndị Wanderers na-agba n'ụlọ ha naanị egwuregwu isii n'ime egwuregwu iri abụọ na abụọ. Ihe omume a mere ka otu egwuregwu ahụ gbasasịa ndị egwuregwu Wanderers site na ntuli aka na otu n'ime otu 3 ndị fọdụrụ (Toronto, Montreal Canadiens na Ottawa Senators) na National Hockey League. Ndị Montreal Canadiens kpọọrọ McDonald bụ onye ọ gbara egwu ruo afọ 1919, gụnyere ndị ahụ nwere ọdachi.
1919 Stanley Cup Finals nke a kagburu mgbe egwuregwu ise (kwekọrịtara na 2-2, na otu egwuregwu) n'ihi ọrịa Spanish flu. McDonald bụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu ndị Canadiens na-arịa ọrịa influenza mgbe a kwụsịrị usoro ahụ. Onye òtù ya bụ́ Joe Hall ga-anwụ n'ihi ọrịa ahụ.