(1997-01-13) January 13, 1997 (age 27) Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight
194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position
Centre
Shoots
Left
NHL team
Edmonton Oilers
National team
Canada
NHL draft
1st overall, 2015 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career
2015–present
Connor Andrew McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers selected him first overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. McDavid is considered one of the best players in the world, and his offensive dominance has drawn comparisons to players such as Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky.
McDavid spent his childhood playing ice hockey against older children. Coached by his father, McDavid won four Ontario Minor Hockey Association championships with the York Simcoe Express, but he left the team in 2011 to join the Toronto Marlboros of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL). There, McDavid was named the GTHL Player of the Year and the winner of the Tim Adams Memorial Trophy. He was granted exceptional player status in 2012 by Hockey Canada, which allowed him to begin playing junior ice hockey at the age of 15. The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) selected him first overall in that year's draft, and he played there until 2015. McDavid's OHL career concluded with a 2014–15 season in which he recorded 120 points and received a number of OHL and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) awards, including the Red Tilson Trophy, Wayne Gretzky 99 Award, and CHL Player of the Year awards. McDavid also represented Canada at several international competitions during this time, winning gold medals at the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
After finishing his junior hockey career, McDavid joined the Oilers for their 2015–16 season. Despite missing three months of his rookie season due to a fractured clavicle, he was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and was a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy. The following year, the Oilers appointed 19-year-old McDavid the youngest captain in NHL history. Recording 100 points during the 2016–17 season, McDavid also became the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy for the leading scorer in the NHL. He was also awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy, Ted Lindsay Award, and was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team. Although the Oilers missed the Stanley Cup playoffs during the next two seasons, McDavid scored 41 goals in consecutive years. He injured his knee in the final game of the 2018–19 season but underwent a nonsurgical rehabilitation process that allowed him to return in time for the start of the 2019–20 season. In 2020–21, despite the COVID-19 pandemic shortening the NHL season to only 56 games, McDavid recorded 100 points for the fourth time in his career. In 2023–24, McDavid captained the Oilers to the Stanley Cup Final, their first since 2006.
He is a four-time NHL First Team All-Star, a five-time recipient of the Art Ross Trophy, a four-time winner of the Ted Lindsay Award, a three-time recipient of the Hart Memorial Trophy, and the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy winner for 2022–23 as the league's leading goal-scorer. His opponents have praised his speed on the ice, and McDavid has won Fastest Skater at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition four times. He is one of only two players – after fellow Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky in 1982 – to unanimously win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
Connor Andrew McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League...
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points in all 82 games played, while the Oilers, powered by new captain ConnorMcDavid and Draisaitl, ended a 10-year playoff drought and clinched a berth...
three-way trade; they also acquired defenceman Troy Stecher. Captain ConnorMcDavid led the team in scoring with 132 points. 100 of those points were assists...
Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov and ConnorMcDavid; of these, Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid remained with the team, helping them reach the 2024...
the Boston Bruins. On October 5, 19-year-old ConnorMcDavid was named the 15th captain of the Oilers; McDavid was the youngest team captain in NHL history...
Alexander Ovechkin (x2), Evgeni Malkin, Carey Price, Patrick Kane, ConnorMcDavid (x3), Nikita Kucherov, Leon Draisaitl, and Auston Matthews. 13 of those...
medical provider. ConnorMcDavid played for the Otters from the 2012–13 OHL season to the 2014–15 OHL season. Hockey Canada granted McDavid "exceptional player"...
award, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Since 2001, only five players, ConnorMcDavid, Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, St. Louis and Nikita Kucherov have won the award...
unanimous MVP wins; Wayne Gretzky during the 1981–1982 NHL season and ConnorMcDavid during the 2020–2021 NHL season. Players from the Montreal Canadiens...
the Stanley Cup Finals. During game four of the Stanley Cup Finals, ConnorMcDavid set the playoff record for most assists in one year, eclipsing the previous...
centre John Tavares in 2005, ConnorMcDavid in 2012, Sean Day in 2013, Joe Veleno in 2015, Shane Wright in 2019, Connor Bedard in 2020 and Michael Misa...
bonuses; Matthews was asking the team for a contract similar to that of ConnorMcDavid or Jack Eichel, which were both valued at $3.775 million annually, inclusive...
Oilers selected ConnorMcDavid. In the months leading up to the draft, considerable interest and hype arose surrounding Eichel and McDavid, both seen as...
considered a "generational" talent, comparable to Crosby, Ovechkin and ConnorMcDavid. A number of NHL teams, notably the Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes...
six, ConnorMcDavid scored a goal and provided two assists in the Oilers' 4–2 victory, forcing a seventh game in Edmonton. In game seven, McDavid scored...
Kane generated some controversy, but was defended by Oilers star ConnorMcDavid. McDavid said "we're a team that is looking to go on a run. If he can come...
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of 298–130–16–13, and coached such players as ConnorMcDavid, Alex DeBrincat, André Burakovsky, Connor Brown, Erik Černák, Anthony Cirelli, Travis Dermott...