Mason McTavish | |
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Born | Zürich, Switzerland | January 30, 2003,
Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) |
Position | Centre |
Shoots | Left |
NHL team | Anaheim Ducks |
Ntl. team | ![]() |
NHL Draft | 3rd overall, 2021 Anaheim Ducks |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Mason McTavish (born January 30, 2003) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1][2] McTavish was selected third overall by the Ducks in the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[3][4][5][6] He made his NHL debut with the Ducks in 2021. Internationally McTavish played for the Canadian national team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Playing career[]
McTavish played minor ice hockey for the Pembroke Lumber Kings, where he was coached by his father, Dale McTavish, who also owned the team. He was selected fifth overall in the 2019 OHL Draft by the Peterborough Petes, the same junior team his father played for.[7] In his first year of junior hockey, he finished second among under-17 players in goals before the season was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following season, with the OHL season suspended due to the pandemic, McTavish returned to Switzerland, though he was unable to get a work visa until he turned eighteen, eventually joining second division side EHC Olten in February, where he would play thirteen games before returning home to play in the Under-18 World Championships, where he served as captain and scored eleven points in seven games as Canada won the gold medal.[8][9]
McTavish was selected third overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[10] He signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ducks on August 13, 2021.[11] He was initially scheduled to not play in the team's opening day game against the Winnipeg Jets, but was added to the lineup just hours before the contest. In his NHL debut, McTavish scored his first career goal and recorded an assist in a 4–1 win. At 18 years, 256 days old, he surpassed Oleg Tverdovsky as the youngest Duck to score a goal.[12] McTavish skated in three games before a lower-body injury forced him out of the lineup. He was assigned to the Ducks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, on a conditioning loan on October 28.[13] He recorded two points in three games for the Gulls whilst with the club. McTavish finished with two goals and one assist in nine games overall for the Ducks before being re-assigned to the Petes on November 20. With not having exceeded the nine-game mark, the Ducks did not burn a year off of McTavish's entry-level contract.[14]
McTavish appeared in 5 games with the Petes, posting 6 goals and 7 points, before he was traded to contending club, the Hamilton Bulldogs, in exchange for two prospects and 6 draft selections on January 9, 2022.[15]
International play[]
Olympic medal record | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
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Gold | 2022 Canada | |
World U18 Championships | ||
Gold | 2021 United States |
McTavish made his international debut with Canada's U18 team at the 2021 IIHF World U18 Championships in Texas. He tallied five goals and six assists in seven games, while Team Canada won the gold medal. Later in the year he was invited to join the roster for the national junior team in advance of the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[16] However, the tournament was cancelled after Team Canada had played two games, as a result of the spread of the Omicron variant.[17] Shortly afterward, McTavish was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the NHL having declined to allow its players to take part.[18][19][20] He was part of the team's first line alongside veteran Eric Staal and AHLer Josh Ho-Sang, but Team Canada struggled in the tournament and was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[21] When the International Ice Hockey Federation revived the cancelled 2022 World Junior Championships in August of 2022, McTavish was again on the roster, and this time was named captain of the team in the absence of Kaiden Guhle.[22] In an August 11 group stage game against Team Slovakia, McTavish scored four goals as part of an 11–1 victory, tying a record for most goals scored by a Canadian player in a single World Junior game.[23] Team Canada advanced to the gold medal game against Team Finland, where McTavish had his most significant moment of the tournament in overtime, using his stick to knock Finnish defenceman Topi Niemelä's potential game-winning shot out of midair onto the goal line, preventing a loss. Dubbed "the McTavish Miracle,"[24] it was considered an exceptionally skilled defensive play, and facilitated Canada's victory minutes later.[25][26] McTavish was named the tournament MVP and one of Canada's three best players.[27]
Personal life[]
McTavish was born in Switzerland while his father, Dale, was playing for SC Rapperswil-Jona. He first began playing ice hockey in Zug, before the family returned to Canada when Mason was eight years old following Dale's retirement. The family settled in Carp. He has one older brother, Darian.[9]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2018–19 | Pembroke Lumber Kings | CCHL | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 57 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | EHC Olten | SL | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | San Diego Gulls | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Hamilton Bulldogs | OHL | 24 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 26 | ||
NHL totals | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
International[]
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2020 | Canada White | U17 | n/a | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
2021 | Canada | U18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | ||
2022 | Canada | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2022 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | ||
Junior totals | 20 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 20 | ||||
Senior totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Awards and honours[]
Award | Year | |
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OHL | ||
OHL Second All-Rookie Team | 2020 | [28] |
International | ||
World U18 Championship – Top 3 player on team | 2021 | |
World Junior Championships – Tournament MVP | 2022 | [29] |
References[]
- ↑ 2021 NHL draft Day 1 takeaways: Many trades, Michigan makes history. ESPN. Retrieved on June 25, 2021.
- ↑ Masters, Mark (June 12, 2021). McTavish doesn't want to change much ahead of NHL Draft. TSN. Retrieved on 2021-07-27.
- ↑ Ducks Select McTavish with Third Overall Pick of NHL Draft. AnaheimDucks.com. Retrieved on June 24, 2021.
- ↑ Stephens, Eric (July 23, 2021). Will No. 3 draft pick Mason McTavish and his 'rough and a little rowdy' style help restore the Ducks' identity?. The Athletic. Retrieved on 2021-07-27.
- ↑ Teaford, Elliott (July 23, 2021). NHL draft: Ducks select Mason McTavish with third overall pick. The Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2021-07-27.
- ↑ Sears, Ethan (July 23, 2021). Kings stay put in NHL draft and land defenseman Brandt Clarke with eighth pick. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2021-07-27.
- ↑ Like Father, Like Son: Dale and Mason McTavish – Peterborough Petes (en-CA).
- ↑ NHL Draft profile: Mason McTavish (en-US).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wheeler, Scott. From Switzerland and back: The unique hockey story of Ducks' 2021 NHL Draft pick Mason McTavish (en).
- ↑ Ducks Nab McTavish with Third Overall Pick of NHL Draft.
- ↑ McTavish, No. 3 pick in 2021 Draft, signs entry-level contract with Ducks.
- ↑ McTavish, 18, scores in NHL debut as Ducks beat Jets 4-1 (October 14, 2021).
- ↑ Ducks Assign Carrick, McTavish to San Diego.
- ↑ Ducks Assign McTavish to OHL Peterborough.
- ↑ Bulldogs acquire Mason McTavish from Petes. Hamilton Bulldogs (January 9, 2022). Retrieved on January 30, 2022.
- ↑ Davis, Greg. "Mason McTavish invited to Team Canada world junior selection camp", Global News, 1 December 2021.
- ↑ "IIHF cancels remainder of 2022 world juniors due to COVID-19", Sportsnet, 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Canada unveils non-NHL Olympic hockey roster with pro experience, young talent. CBC Sports (25 January 2022).
- ↑ Nichols, Paula (25 January 2022). Team Canada's 25-player men's hockey roster nominated for Beijing 2022. Canadian Olympic Committee.
- ↑ Stephens, Mike. "Canada Names Men's 2022 Olympic Hockey Roster", The Hockey News, 25 January 2022.
- ↑ Longley, Rob. "Here's what went wrong for Team Canada in Olympic men's hockey", National Post, 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Beneteau, Josh. "Mason McTavish to be Canada’s captain at rescheduled World Juniors", Sportsnet, 2 August 2022.
- ↑ Dixon, Ryan. "In game defined by McTavish’s stellar performance Canada puts forth more cohesive effort", Sportsnet, 11 August 2022.
- ↑ Gould, Mike (August 21, 2022). World Juniors Medal Round Recap: The McTavish Miracle seals gold for Canada.
- ↑ McGran, Kevin (August 21, 2022). ‘Best I’ve ever seen.’ The save of the year in Canadian hockey wasn’t made by a goalie.
- ↑ Sandor, Steven (August 20, 2022). Canada defeats Finland in OT thriller for gold at world juniors in Edmonton.
- ↑ Ellis, Steven (August 21, 2022). World Junior Championships: Top 20 players from the 2022 summer tournament.
- ↑ Petes' McTavish first OHL name off the board at 2021 NHL Draft. Ontariohockeyleague.com. Retrieved on June 25, 2021.
- ↑ Aykroyd, Lucas (August 21, 2022). McTavish named MVP.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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Preceded by Jacob Perreault |
Anaheim Ducks first round draft pick 2021 |
Succeeded by Pavel Mintyukov |
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