Mason MCTAVISH

Canada

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 30 Jan 2003

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: ZURICH

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Residence: PETERBOROUGH, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Men CAN Canada	6

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Wukesong Sports Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #6 CAN Canada 5 GER Germany 1	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #11 CAN Canada 2 USA United States 4	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #17 CHN China 0 CAN Canada 5	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Qualification Play-off #22 CAN Canada 7 CHN China 2	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals #26 SWE Sweden 2 CAN Canada 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

U18 World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2021	Frisco, TX, USA

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Parents, Dale and Christine. Brother, Darian.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Peterborough Petes

Position style:

Forward

Hand:

Left

Sporting relatives:

Father Dale McTavish (Ice hockey): Played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames before playing professionally in Finland and Switzerland for SaiPa, Blues, SC Rapperswil, ZSC Lions and EV Zug from 2000 to 2010.

National league:

Ontario Hockey League (OHL)

Start:

Began playing ice hockey in Zug, Switzerland, where his father played professionally. (theathletic.com, 23 Jul 2021)

Hero:

Models his game after Canadian ice hockey forwards, Ryan O'Reilly and Brayden Schenn. (sandiegogulls.com, 24 Jul 2021)

General Interest

EARLY LIFE
Spent the first eight years of his life in Switzerland, where his father played professional ice hockey. Returned to Canada at age eight and was raised in Carp, ON, near Ottawa. Played his triple-A midget level hockey in the Ottawa area, for teams including the Ottawa Valley Titans and Pembroke Lumber Kings. (theathletic.com, 23 Jul 2021)

AGE GAP
18 years younger than the oldest player on Team Canada, Eric Staal, 37, who started his NHL career with the Carolina Hurricanes in the same year (2003) that McTavish was born.

TASTE OF THE NHL
Played in nine games for the Anaheim Ducks in the 2021/22 season before a reassignment to the Peterborough Petes in November 2021. In those nine games, he recorded two goals and one assist. (ptbocanada.com, 20 Nov 2021)

OVERSEAS STINT
Played 13 games in the Swiss National League (NL) for EHC Olten after the COVID-19 pandemic halted play in the middle of the 2019/20 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) season, where he was playing for the Peterborough Petes.

NHL DRAFT
Selected third overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.

Milestones

Only player to be selected from the Canadian Hockey League (major junior) to play at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. One of three players selected in the most recent 2021 NHL Entry Draft to participate in the Olympic Winter Games, alongside Owen Power (CAN) and Matty Beniers (USA).

On 13 October 2021, became the youngest player to score a goal in Anaheim Ducks' franchise history at 18 years, 256 days after he scored on his first shot of his first NHL game against the Winnipeg Jets. (sportsnet.ca, 14 Oct 2021)

Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2021 IIHF World U18 Championships; named as a top-three player on his team after he scored 11 points in seven games.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/masonmctavish23/

Legend

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