NATHAN MACKINNON
North American Skater - Halifax, QMJHL
Final Rank:2Midterm Rank:2
Position:CenterShoots:Right
Height:6' 0"Weight:182
Born:September 1, 1995Hometown:Cole Harbour, NS
Born in:Halifax, NS, CAN
Drafted: 2013: COL (1st Round / 1st Overall) 
• En route to winning the 2013 Memorial Cup, MacKinnon led the tournament in scoring with 13 points (7-6--13), including a hat trick in the championship game. He was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and named to the All-Star Team.

• MacKinnon recorded 75 points (32-43--75) in 44 games this season, including a team-leading seven game-winning goals. His 1.70 points per game in 2012-13 ranked fourth overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

• He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, as one of three draft-eligible players on the roster. MacKinnon won gold at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, tallying six goals in five games, including a hat trick in the gold-medal game against Finland.

• In 2011-12, his first season in the QMJHL, MacKinnon recorded 31 goals, 78 points and a +11 rating – his 47 assists also led all first-year QMJHL players. He finished second, to Mikhail Grigorenko (the 12th overall selection in the 2012 NHL Draft), in voting for the QMJHL Rookie of the Year award.

• MacKinnon hails from Cole Harbour, N.S., (population approx. 20,000), the same hometown as Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby. In 2008, he helped his Cole Harbour bantam team win the Atlantic AAA Championship.

• He recorded almost two points per game while attending Shattuck-St. Mary’s (2009-10 and 2010-11), posting 194 points (99-95--194) in 98 games over two seasons. Shattuck-St. Mary’s has produced 49 NHL Draft selections since Joe Corvo was taken 83rd overall in 1997 – the list of alumni includes Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, Minnesota’s Zach Parise and Chicago’s Jonathan Toews.

NEWS

COACH SAYS MACKINNON STOOD OUT AT YOUNG AGE (click here)

NATHAN MACKINNON DRAFT BLOG (click here)

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024COLORADONHL72457812334
2022-2023COLORADONHL71426911130
2021-2022COLORADONHL6532568842
2020-2021COLORADONHL4820456537
2019-2020COLORADONHL6935589312
2018-2019COLORADONHL8241589934
2017-2018COLORADONHL7439589755
2016-2017COLORADONHL8216375316
2015-2016COLORADONHL7221315220
2014-2015COLORADONHL6414243834
2013-2014COLORADONHL8224396326
2012-2013HALIFAXQMJHL4432437545
2012-2013CAN (2013 IIHF World Junior Championship)ITLTOUR60114
2011-2012HALIFAXQMJHL5831477845
2010-2011Shattuck-St. Mary's U16HIGH-MN4045489372
2009-2010Shattuck-St. Mary's Bantam Tier 1HIGH-MN58544710156