CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Season: 2025-26: Became the first Penn State player to win the Big Ten scoring title registering 38 points on 11 goals and 27 assists in 24 conference games…Set the Penn State single-season record for assists with 36…Became only the third Nittany Lion all-time to hit the 50-point mark in a single-season…Set the Penn State freshman record for points and assists in a season with 51 and 36, respectively…
Game: Set single-game program records with eight points and seven assists in an 11-4 victory over Ohio State on February 20… The eight points were the most scored in an NCAA Division I game in 39 years while his seven helpers were the most in a game since 1983… Both his point and assist totals from that game are Big Ten records since the conference began sponsoring hockey for the 2013-14 season with the seven assists being an overall record for someone from a Big Ten .
2025-26 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named a 2026 Hobey Baker Award Top-10 Finalist…Became Penn State’s first-ever Big Ten Scoring Champion with 38 points (11 goals, 27 assists) in 24 games…Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year…The only unanimous selection to the B1G All-Freshman Team…Named to the All-B1G Second Team…Named the HCA National Rookie of the Month twice (October and February)…Earned four Big Ten Star of the Week honors including a pair of First Star accolades…Named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team.
Season:
at ASU (10/3-4): Recorded a pair of primary assists in his first collegiate game before scoring his first goal of the season, the game-winner, to complete a series sweep over the Sun Devils. Clarkson (10/9): Tallied two assists in a 6-4 loss. LIU (10/17): Collected an assist on the game-winning goal in a 5-4 overtime victory. Stonehill (10/24-25): Had one goal and one assist in each game of a series sweep. at OSU (10/30-31): Registered three assists throughout the weekend in a series sweep. at MSU (11/7): Scored the lone goal in a 2-1 overtime loss. Michigan (11/15): Had one assist in a 4-2 win. at Minnesota (11/21-22): Collected three assists on the weekend including the primary assist on each goal in a 2-1 victory in the series finale. Minnesota (1/10): Tallied one assist in a 5-2 win. Notre Dame (1/16-17): Had a pair of assists in the opener before adding three points on two goals and one assist in the finale of a series sweep. at Wisconsin (1/23): Collected a his first collegiate hat-trick while adding an assist for four points in a 7-2 victory. at Wisconsin (1/24): Scored the clinching goal in a 3-1 victory to complete the series sweep, Penn State’s first-ever sweep over a top-5 opponent in program history. Michigan State (1/31): Scored one goal with a pair of assists in an overtime loss in the first-ever outdoor game at Beaver Stadium. at Michigan (2/14): Had one assist in a loss. Ohio State (2/20): Tallied a Penn State single-game record eight points and seven assists in an 11-4 victory, the most goals scored in a Big Ten game in program history, tying the overall single-game program record for goals scored. Ohio State (2/21): Registered the game-winning goal in overtime while adding an assist to finish the weekend with 10 points (2G, 8A). at Notre Dame (2/27-28): Had one assist to go along with the game-winning shootout goal on Friday night before adding a pair of assists the following night. Wisconsin (3/5-6): Scored one goal and tallied one assist in two games against the Badgers, concluding the regular season as the Big Ten scoring champion. Minnesota (3/11): Notched two assists in a 6-2 Big Ten Quarterfinal win and became the first Nittany Lion Freshman to hit 50 points in a season. at Michigan (3/14): Scored one goal in the Big Ten Semifinal game, running his career-best point streak to nine games.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Rated as the No. 1 prospect for the 2026 NHL Draft…Spent parts of the past three seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League…Led the Tigers to the 2025 WHL Championship and a Memorial Cup Finals appearance…Finished second in the WHL in points with 129 on 41 goals and 88 assists…Led the league in assists while his goal total was good for fifth and his plus-60 rating was the best plus/minus in the WHL…Registered an eye-popping 173 points in 76 games split between the regular-season, playoffs and Memorial Cup…Finished the regular season with points in 40-straight games before adding points in his first 14 playoff games. The 54-game point streak is a modern CHL record dating back to 2000…Named the 2025 CHL and WHL Player of the Year. Became the third-youngest CHL Player of the Year behind NHL greats Sidney Crosby and John Tavares…Was named both the CHL and WHL Rookie of the Year during his first full season in 2023-24…Registered 97 points in 61 games as a rookie on 34 goals and 63 assists before adding two goals and four assists for six points in five playoff games…Amassed 295 points on 94 goals and 201 assists in 162 total WHL games with Medicine Hat…Helped Team Canada to the gold medal at the 2024 U18 World Championships, setting a Canadian record for points in a single U18 tournament with 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in seven games. His standout performance included a hat-trick in a 6-4 victory over Team USA in the gold medal game…Captured gold at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, scoring three goals with three assists for six points in five games…Was the youngest member of Team Canada on the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship roster, scored one goal in five games played.
PERSONAL
Son of Krystal and Willy McKenna…Has and older sister, Madison, and a younger sister, Kasey…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.