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.