The 2014-15 NHL campaign didn’t quite end the way Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon wanted it to. Just as he was heating up, he had to hit the showers.
A fracture to his foot left the 19-year-old sidelined for the remainder of the season, stifling the momentum he was building down the stretch—he had nine points (five goals, four assists) in his last 10 games—and altering his plans for the offseason.
MacKinnon’s road to next year began anew this morning, as the Nova Scotia native took the ice with Hockey Canada’s team at the 2015 IIHF World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic.