2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Attended Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp virtually in July 2020 … Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic … Attended Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp in Plymouth, Mich., in August 2019 … Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta. … Played for Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship in Russia, finishing fifth … Won a silver medal with Canada Red at the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B.C. … Attended Canada’s national under-17 development camp in Calgary, Alta., in July 2017

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

Vancouver’s first-round selection, third overall, in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft … 2019-20: Fourth in Vancouver scoring … Led Vancouver defencemen in scoring … Seventh in scoring among WHL defencemen … 2018-19: Second in Vancouver scoring … Led Vancouver defencemen in scoring … Third among WHL defencemen in scoring … Led WHL defencemen in goals … Led the WHL in playoff scoring … Won the CHL Top Prospect Award … Named to the WHL Western Conference First All-Star Team … Played in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game … Set a career high with five points (2G 3A) on Jan. 12 vs. Kamloops … 2017-18: 10th in Vancouver scoring … Third in scoring among Vancouver defencemen … Second in Vancouver rookie scoring … Second in scoring among WHL rookie defencemen … Minor Hockey: Lists Michael Dyck as his favourite minor hockey coach … Named CSSHL (Midget Prep) Top Defenceman in 2016-17 … Won a gold medal with Alberta at the 2016 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup … Won a bronze medal with the Lethbridge Golden Hawks at the 2016 Western Canadian Bantam Championship … Won the AMBHL championship with Lethbridge in 2016 … Named AMBHL South Division Top Defenceman in 2015-16 … Captain of Lethbridge in 2014-15 and 2015-16 … Named Alberta Minor Hockey Player of the Year in 2015-16

PERSONAL

Son of Shawn and Stacey … Has one sister, Jamie … Favourite NHL team growing up: Dallas Stars … Favourite player: Auston Matthews … His father, Shawn, played 15 seasons of pro hockey from 1988-2003, including five NHL games with the New York Islanders and Chicago