“Don’t Even Think My Stick Touched the Ice”: Despite Being Baffled, Connor McDavid Recalled His ‘Special Moment’ in 2016

Several stars in the past have revealed their interesting stories of getting awestruck by some other star or by any celebrity. It is understandable and endearing to a certain extent. But for it to happen in the middle of the match is not something that we see usually. A few years ago, the Canadian Super Promise, a.k.a. Connor McDavid recalled the time he was awestruck by his opponent.

Connie began his NHL career with Edmonton Oilers in 2014. Unfortunately, he missed his first few games against the one he was looking forward to playing with the most, due to an injury. However, in 2016 he finally got to play against ‘The Next One.’ It ended up being one of McDavid’s favorite memory on the ice.

Connor McDavid shared his most cherished memory on ice

In April 2020, Wayne Gretzky and Connor McDavid got together for an interesting chinwag about their celebrated careers. The past and the present superstars of the Edmonton Oilers shared their happiest and most embarrassing stories from the ice. During the conversation, McDavid was asked to share his favorite memory on the ice. For his answer, Connor picked a moment from 2016 in his match against Pittsburgh Penguins.

Connie recalled the time he was star-struck by the Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby even before the match officially started. McDavid started his story by sharing that he had missed his first few matches against Crosby due to an injury. “When I first played Sid, that was really exciting for me. My first year, I got hurt and missed both games against Sid. So my second year I got to go into Pittsburgh, and play Sid and we again took the opening draw,” said the 25-year-old star.

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He then continued, “The whole time I was watching him, during the anthem. And I was like ‘Oh my God that’s Sid Crosby over there.’ I get to play against him and then the same thing with face-off. I don’t even think my stick touched the ice. He swept it, he swept it back so fast. But it was, yeah, it was a special moment for sure.”

What happened in that match then?

As easy as it was for Crosby to sweep the opening draw in his favor, the overall victory didn’t come so easily. Nonetheless, later than sooner, but it eventually came into their pockets.

The Penguins chased the victory in the last few minutes, breaking the tie at 4-3 with just 1:42 minutes left in the game. Despite the slip-up at the beginning and the eventual loss, McDavid managed to set up all three goals for his teammates, which were eventually scored by Jordan Eberle (2) and Patrick Maroon (1).

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Let us know in the comments section your reaction to Connor’s story and his performance in that game.