On Thursday, Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews was named to the USA Men’s Hockey Team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. He was the first player within the Maple Leafs organization to be named to an Olympic team for the 2022 Olympics.
Matthews had a great 2020-21 season scoring 41 goals and 25 assists for 66 points in 52 games. Those 41 goals were enough to win him his first Maurice “Rocket” Richard trophy as the NHL’s highest goal scorer. (Stats from: Hockey-Reference.com)
He was able to get a large number of those goals while playing with an injured wrist.