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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. That's saying a lot, because the buildup for the young center, who turned 19 during the season, was considerable. 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.

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, pound center left junior hockey as the most decorated player in Ontario Hockey League history.

McDavid dazzled scouts with extraordinary acceleration and high-end speed, uncanny on-ice vision and a seemingly endless array of moves. Even in an abbreviated rookie season, McDavid provided plenty of highlights. At the top of the list would be his five-point game Feb. He had two goals and assisted on each of Jordan Eberle's three goals in the Oilers' victory. McDavid took his game to another level in Anyone want to run some hills?

Had a lot of fun making this commercial with these two Canadian legends! From problem to performance. Testing out the Super Tacks X helmet. RW Josh Archibald. D Tyson Barrie. LW Tyler Benson.

D Evan Bouchard. C Leon Draisaitl. LW Warren Foegele. RW Zack Kassian. He was only the third player to receive that status after John Tavares and Aaron Ekblad. Connor began playing for the Erie Otters in the —13 season after being picked first overall by the team in OHL Priority Selection draft.

Connor started his NHL career in — During his second season, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer, the Ted Lindsay Award as the league's most outstanding player and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player to his team.

Connor first began skating when he was 3 years old and was playing hockey the next year; as he had to be 5 years old, his parents lied about his age.

When he was 6 years old, the hockey association in his hometown of Newmarket would not let him play above his age group. Instead of having him play in the lower level, Connor's parents enrolled him with a team in nearby Aurora, where he played against players as old as 9 years old.

Connor would later join the York-Simcoe Express, a team in Aurora, Ontario where he was coached by his father, Brian; the team would win four Ontario Minor Hockey Association championships.

Connor considered attending Boston University and playing hockey for their team, the Terriers, but decided it would be best for his development to play in the OHL. In —12, he recorded 79 goals and assists for points in 88 games at the minor midget level and was named the GTHL Player of the Year.

Because of his high level of play, Connor was granted Exceptional Player status by Hockey Canada and was allowed to be entered in the OHL Priority Selection at the age of 15, a year earlier than he would have otherwise been eligible. He was the third player given that status; John Tavares was granted it in , followed by Aaron Ekblad in Connor was selected first overall by the Erie Otters at the Priority Selection.

As the first overall selection, he was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award. Starting in his second game of the season, he recorded a point in fifteen consecutive games, and was named the OHL Rookie of the Month for both October and November. During a game against the Owen Sound Attack on March 9, , Connor recorded two assists, giving him 37 for the season and setting a new team record for assists by a rookie.

He also tied Tim Connolly for most points by a first-year player with In the team's final game of the season, March 16 against the Guelph Storm, Connor recorded four assists, giving him 66 total points during the season and passing Connolly for the most points by an Otters rookie.

He finished the season with the most assists by an OHL rookie with 41 and second in scoring for first year players with 66 points. Somebody is going to draft him and he's going to be the cornerstone of the franchise for 15 years, for 20 years. Those players only come along so often. During training camp for the —15 season, Connor was named the captain of the Erie Otters.

He had a strong start to the season before breaking his hand in an on ice fight on November 11,