![]() ![]() McDavid took his game to another level in 2016-17. He had two goals and assisted on each of Jordan Eberle's three goals in the Oilers' 5-2 victory. 11, 2016 in his first time facing his hometown team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. At the top of the list would be his five-point game Feb. 1 in the 2015 NHL Draft.Įven in an abbreviated rookie season, McDavid provided plenty of highlights. It was a given that Edmonton, which won the NHL Draft Lottery, would select him at No. ![]() McDavid dazzled scouts with extraordinary acceleration and high-end speed, uncanny on-ice vision and a seemingly endless array of moves. As an OHL rookie in 2013-14, he won the William Hanley Trophy as the league's most sportsmanlike player. He also won a second straight Bobby Smith Trophy as OHL top scholastic player. McDavid won OHL and Canadian Hockey League Player of the Year honors in 2014-15, his final season with Erie, when he scored 44 goals and 120 points and had an OHL-best plus-60 rating. The smaller sample size knocked him down to third in voting for the Calder Trophy, given to the top rookie in the NHL, but he still tantalized, which was no surprise, since the 6-foot-1, 193-pound center left junior hockey as the most decorated player in Ontario Hockey League history. ![]() It was more impressive because his was a shortened rookie season he missed 37 games because of a fractured clavicle but scored 48 points (16 goals, 32 assists) in 45 games. That's saying a lot, because the buildup for the young center, who turned 19 during the season, was considerable. If it's possible for a teenage phenom to exceed the hype, then that's what McDavid did in his rookie NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers. ![]()
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