After the Stanley Cup win, McGee was killed in a horseback riding accident in May 1904.

His father, John Joseph McGee, was clerk of the Privy Council (considered the top civil servant position).

[1] His younger brother Frank is famous for his ice hockey exploits with the Silver Seven.

The horse threw him and McGee lapsed into a coma from which he would not recover, succumbing on May 14, 1904.

McGee played in the CAHL regular season and in the Stanley Cup challenges held in 1904 against the Montreal Wanderers and Brandon Wheat City.