[1] He won the Mann Cup National Canadian Major championship and was named 1971 most valuable player.
That year he led the Red Wings to an OJALL title and to the Minto Cup final where they ultimately lost.
In 1963, McCready partnered with rival all-star goalie Pat Baker to compete for the Mann Cup, but St. Catharines ultimately lost.
[5] In 1968, McCready played professionally with the newly formed Montreal Canadians of the National Lacrosse Association.
[2] Before Buff's death, he acted as an assistant coach with the Rochester Knighthawks from 1998 until 2001 and had returned to the Bandits organization for the 2007 season that had just ended.