When the Arizona Coyotes selected Strome with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, he became the second member of his family to be chosen in the first round of the draft; the New York Islanders took his older brother Ryan with the No. 5 pick in 2011.
The younger Strome first rose to prominence with the Greater Toronto Hockey League champion Toronto Marlboros in 2012-13. Captain of the team, Strome was voted the GTHL Player of the Year after scoring 65 goals and 143 points in 60 games.
When the Arizona Coyotes selected Strome with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft, he became the second member of his family to be chosen in the first round of the draft; the New York Islanders took his older brother Ryan with the No. 5 pick in 2011.
The younger Strome first rose to prominence with the Greater Toronto Hockey League champion Toronto Marlboros in 2012-13. Captain of the team, Strome was voted the GTHL Player of the Year after scoring 65 goals and 143 points in 60 games.
As a 16-year-old rookie for Erie of the Ontario Hockey League in 2013-14, Strome scored 10 goals and 39 points and was plus-11. He also had six goals and 11 points in five games to lead Team Ontario in scoring at the 2004 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, and scored five goals in five games at the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, helping Canada to the gold medal.
In his second OHL season, Strome won the league scoring title with 129 points (45 goals, 84 assists) in 2014-15 and had a plus-47 rating. Strome's assist and point totals were franchise records.
A four-goal, six-point game in the season finale against Niagara tied a franchise record and earned Strome the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the OHL's top scorer. He also was awarded the William Hanley Trophy as the OHL's most sportsmanlike player.
Strome had 22 points in 20 playoff games that season as Erie advanced to the OHL final.
One of Arizona's final training camp cuts in 2015, Strome returned to juniors and was named Erie's captain, succeeding Connor McDavid, the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.
Strome had four goals and two assists in five games for Canada at the 2016 World Junior Championship, tying Mitchell Marner for the team points lead.
Strome made his NHL debut Oct. 18, 2016, getting an assist in the Coyotes' 7-4 loss at the Ottawa Senators. He played 48 games in three seasons with Arizona before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 25, 2018.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- OHL Second All-Star Team (2015)
- OHL First All-Star Team (2017)
- AHL All-Rookie Team (2018)
- Traded to Chicago by Arizona with Brendan Perlini for Nick Schmaltz, November 25, 2018.
