2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Attended Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp in Red Deer, Alta., in November/December 2020 … Attended Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp virtually in July 2020 … Captained Canada Black at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Medicine Hat, Alta., and Swift Current, Sask., finishing eighth … Attended Canada’s national under-17 development camp in Calgary, Alta., in July 2019

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

Kingston’s first-round selection, first overall, in the 2019 OHL Priority Selection … Sixth player to be granted exceptional status in the CHL (Tavares, Ekblad, McDavid, Day, Veleno) … 2019-20: Led Kingston in scoring … Led the OHL in rookie scoring … Named CHL Rookie of the Year … Won the Emms Family Award as OHL rookie of the year … Finalist for the Red Tilson Trophy as OHL most outstanding player … Named to the OHL First All-Rookie Team … Set a career high with four points (3G 1A) on Feb. 29 vs. Flint … Minor Hockey: Lists Marc Slawson as his favourite minor hockey coach … Won a silver medal with GTHL Red at the 2019 OHL Gold Cup … Won the OHL Cup with the Don Mills Flyers (Minor Midget AAA) in 2019 … Named OHL Cup MVP in 2019 … Won the GTHL championship (Minor Midget AAA) with Don Mills in 2019 … Named GTHL Player of the Year (Minor Midget AAA) in 2018-19 … Captained Ontario to a silver medal at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta. … Won a gold medal with Don Mills at Ontario provincials (Bantam AAA) in 2018 … Won the GTHL championship (Bantam AAA) with Don Mills in 2018 … Played for the Burlington Eagles at the 2016 Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec

PERSONAL

Son of Simon and Tanya … Has one sister, Maddie … Favourite NHL team growing up: Toronto Maple Leafs … Favourite player: Mathew Barzal and Sidney Crosby