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The Canadian Press
Posted July 8, 2025 3:11 pm
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Junior hockey phenom Gavin McKenna will announce his anticipated move to the NCAA on Tuesday.
McKenna will make the announcement on ESPN’s SportsCenter at 6 p.m. ET. NHL.com reported Penn State and Michigan State are both in the running to land the 17-year-old forward.
It will be a game-changing decision for junior hockey as the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NHL draft leaves the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers to join the United States college ranks.
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McKenna had 41 goals and 88 assists in 56 regular-season games last season and helped Medicine Hat win its first WHL title since 2007 and reach the Memorial Cup final.
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In June, the six-foot winger from Whitehorse became the third-youngest Canadian Hockey League player of the year, only Sidney Crosby and John Tavares were younger.
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The NCAA lifted a long-standing ban in November, allowing CHL players to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season.
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