The McKenna Monitor - Tracking Gavin McKenna's incredible WHL season
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With the road to the 2025 Memorial Cup under way, Gavin McKenna has taken the junior hockey world by storm.
The 17-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward, already projected to be the top pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, has scored goals and tallied points at an incredible pace.
He closed out the regular season on a record Western Hockey League point streak, amassing 32 goals and 100 points in 40 consecutive games. Before it ended on Sunday, May 11 in Game 2 of the WHL Final against the Spokane Chiefs, the streak stretched to 54 games, giving him the longest point streak among CHL players in the 21st century, edging out Alexander Radulov, who had a 50-game point streak in 2005-06 with the Quebec Remparts.
“We’re talking about the best junior player in Canada,” says TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button. “I don’t toss around the title of ‘best junior player in Canada’ softly, it’s not hyperbole. He’s the best junior player in Canada. When you have that type of star power and ability to impact the game, it’s beyond impressive.”
Follow McKenna’s impressive season, below – starting with his 40-game regular season point-scoring streak and extending into the 2025 CHL Playoffs.
2025 CHL Playoffs
| Date | Game | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 28, 2025 | RD1, GM1 vs. Swift Current | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mar. 29, 2025 | RD1, GM2 vs. Swift Current | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Apr. 1, 2025 | RD1, GM3 at Swift Current | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Apr. 2, 2025 | RD1, GM4 at Swift Current | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Apr. 4, 2025 | RD1, GM5 vs. Swift Current | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Apr. 12, 2025 | RD2, GM1 vs. Prince Albert | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr. 13, 2025 | RD2, GM2 vs. Prince Albert | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Apr. 16, 2025 | RD2, GM3 at Prince Albert | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Apr. 17, 2025 | RD2, GM4 at Prince Albert | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Apr. 25, 2025 | RD3, GM1 vs. Lethbridge | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Apr. 26, 2025 | RD3, GM2 vs. Lethbridge | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Apr. 29, 2025 | RD3, GM3 at Lethbridge | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Apr. 30, 2025 | RD3, GM4 at Lethbridge | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| May 9, 2025 | RD4, GM1 vs. Spokane | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| May 11, 2025 | RD4, GM2 vs. Spokane | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13, 2025 | RD4, GM3 at Spokane - did not play | - | - | - |
| May 14, 2025 | RD4, GM4 at Spokane - did not play | - | - | - |
| May 16, 2025 | RD4, GM5 at Spokane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 23, 2025 | Memorial Cup vs. Rimouski | |||
| May 26, 2025 | Memorial Cup vs. Moncton | |||
| May 27, 2025 | Memorial Cup vs. London |
* - if necessary
McKenna's 40-game regular season point streak
| Date | Game | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 6, 2024 | at Lethbridge | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Nov. 8, 2024 | vs. Edmonton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov. 9, 2024 | vs. Moose Jaw | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Nov. 13, 2024 | at Edmonton | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nov. 15, 2024 | vs. Victoria | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov. 19, 2024 | at Saskatoon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Nov. 20, 2024 | at Prince Albert | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov. 22, 2024 | at Edmonton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov. 23, 2024 | vs. Saskatoon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov. 29, 2024 | vs. Brandon | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nov. 30, 2024 | vs. Calgary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Dec. 4, 2024 | at Swift Current | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dec. 6, 2024 | at Lethbridge | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dec. 7, 2024 | vs. Edmonton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan. 8, 2025 | vs. Prince Albert | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jan.10, 2025 | vs. Red Deer | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jan. 11, 2025 | at Edmonton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan. 17, 2025 | at Calgary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jan. 18, 2025 | vs. Calgary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jan. 21, 2025 | vs. Regina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jan. 24, 2025 | at Spokane | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jan. 25, 2025 | at Tri-City | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | at Wentatchee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan. 29, 2025 | at Everett | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Jan. 31, 2025 | vs. Portland | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Feb. 1, 2025 | at Seattle | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Feb. 7, 2025 | vs. Swift Current | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Feb. 8, 2025 | vs. Prince Albert | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | at Saskatoon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | at Prince Albert | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Feb. 15, 2025 | vs. Regina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Feb. 17, 2025 | vs. Lethbridge | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Feb. 21, 2025 | vs. Edmonton | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Feb. 22, 2025 | vs. Kamloops | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Feb. 23, 2025 | at Edmonton | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mar. 7, 2025 | at Red Deer | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mar. 14, 2025 | at Lethbridge | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mar. 15, 2025 | vs. Red Deer | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Mar. 22, 2025 | vs. Lethbridge | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mar. 23, 2025 | at Calgary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 32 | 68 | 100 |