A recent edition of The Hockey News Magazine contained a feature on the top 100 hockey players in the world aged 21 and under. Number one was Swedish-born Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, and number two was Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson.
Pettersson enjoyed a historic rookie season with the Canucks, in which he broke Pavel Bure‘s rookie points record and won the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s top rookie. Pettersson is off to a hot start to the season, and currently sits at
He was named the NHL’s first Star of the Week earlier in the season, and is currently sitting at 23 points through his first 19 games of the season.