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Gavin McKenna, Penn State's 17-year-old ice hockey star, already is drawing comparisons to Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby.
McKenna, who turns 18 in December, is regarded as a generational talent and has for the past two years been projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL draft.
Tuesday provided yet another reminder that it truly is the dawn of a new era of Penn State hockey. Months after the program ...
McKenna, 17, is a 6-foot and 170-pound winger who played the past two seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League. He’s the reigning CHL Player of the Year after scoring a ...
McKenna won the Four Broncos Trophy as WHL Player of the Year and the CHL David Branch Player of the Year Award, and helped ...
There has never been a Penn State commit like Gavin McKenna. That certainly goes for the hockey program, which has only been ...
Gavin McKenna made a monumental announcement that changed the way hockey’s top prospects make their way to the NHL. McKenna, ...
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Penn State generated one of the great stories in NCAA men's hockey last season, rising from the bottom of the Big Ten standings to make the first Frozen Four in program history. In his 13th season ...
McKenna dominated with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers in 2024-25. He finished second in the WHL in terms of scoring with 129 points in 56 games.
Hockey phenom Gavin McKenna set to commit to Penn State, aiming to make an immediate impact before pursuing the 2026 NHL Draft as the likely No. 1 pick.