EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid and Josh Ho-Sang go way back — as far back as a couple of young players just 20 and 21 years old can, anyway.
McDavid and Ho-Sang were linemates on the Toronto Marlboros, a vaunted youth hockey program in Canada’s hockey hometown — John Tavares and Ryan Strome were also Marlboros — and McDavid, the NHL’s top scorer, and Ho-Sang, playing his fourth NHL game on Tuesday, were pretty pumped to square off in the bigs.
“He’s not just an All-Star on the ice, he’s an All-Star of a person, too,” Ho-Sang said of McDavid.