Gavin McKenna (born December 20, 2007) is a Canadian college ice hockey player who is a forward for Penn State University of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He previously played three seasons, from 2022 to 2025, in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Medicine Hat Tigers. He is considered the top prospect eligible for the 2026 NHL entry draft. Mckenna was the first Yukon-born player to be drafted first overall in the Western Hockey League (WHL), being selected in the 2022 bantam draft the the Medicine Hat Tigers. Although he was granted exceptional player status by BC Hockey and Hockey Alberta, he did not receive exceptional player status with the WHL. In his first full WHL season in 2023-24, McKenna was awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL’s rookie of the year. He also won the CHL Rookie of the Year Award as the best in the three CHL component lea…
