Gavin McKenna is taking his former WHL number into NCAA hockey. The projected top pick of the 2026 NHL draft will wear No. 72 ...

McKenna was the youngest player on Canada's roster at the 2025 WJC when he scored one goal, had 20 shots on goal, and ...

Gavin McKenna will take his WHL number to the NCAA. Penn State men’s hockey will enter its most anticipated season in just under two months. Its squad is set, and they now have their numbers, too. The ...

The NCAA lifted a long-standing ban in November, allowing CHL players to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season.

Canada is losing one of its best young players — a year from his likely pick as No.1 in the 2026 NHL draft — to the U.S. And ...

He's hope. He's the future. But presently, Gavin McKenna represents something else entirely in hockey: He embodies the dramatic changes between the NCAA, Canadian Hockey League and the NHL that have ...

The 2026 draft is likely to be a lot more exciting than this summer’s. Not only is there a certain Gavin McKenna who we’re ...

Gavin McKenna, the projected 2026 No. 1 pick, announced Tuesday he is committing to play for Penn State University for the 2025-26 season, leaving the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers.

Presumptive top-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, Gavin McKenna could face some stiff competition from another Team Canada ...

The Nittany Lion ice hockey team announced its 2025-26 non-conference schedule Wednesday, which includes the suddenly anticipated debut of Gavin McKenna, the expected No. 1 pick in next year's NHL ...

When the NCAA announced it would welcome players from the CHL, the options for hockey’s best prospects instantly changed. Yet, no change will mean as much as Gavin McKenna leaving the WHL’s ...

The new rules go into effect in August, making McKenna one of the first Canadian junior players to make the jump to the NCAA -- and easily the most significant one. "Gavin's elite.