Medicine Hat Tigers superstar Gavin McKenna named CHL Player of the Year
Medicine Hat Tigers' Gavin McKenna (72) looks for the puck during second period Memorial Cup hockey action against the Rimouski Oceanic in Rimouski, Que., on Friday, May 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Medicine Hat Tigers star Gavin McKenna has been named the best major junior hockey player in the entire Canadian Hockey League.
The Yukon native put up 129 points during the regular season, including a record-setting 54-game point-scoring streak.
He led the Tigers to within one win of the Memorial Cup, which they lost in the finals to the London Knights.
McKenna was only held scoreless three times during the regular season.
The 17-year-old becomes the third-youngest player to win the David Branch Award in CHL history, behind Sidney Crosby and John Tavares, who both won it when they were 16.
McKenna is the first Medicine Hat Tiger to win the award in franchise history.
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