Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: McDavid buru ụzọ kpọọ na asọmpi IIHF na 2013 mgbe ọ sonyeere ndị otu Canada n'okpuru 18 na
2013 IIHF World U18 Championship na Sochi, Russia. Onye egwuregwu kacha nta na ndị otu Canada, McDavid gbara egwuregwu mbụ ya megide Slovakia na Eprel 18, ebe o dere otu ihe mgbaru ọsọ na enyemaka abụọ. Mgbe ọ gbasịrị ọkpụkpụ atọ megide Sweden, akpọrọ McDavid onye egwuregwu kacha mma nke Canada n'egwuregwu ahụ. O duziri asọmpi ahụ na ihe mgbaru ọsọ na isi ihe mgbe ọ na-enyere Canada aka inweta ihe nrite ọla edo maka oge nke atọ kemgbe mmalite nke asọmpi ahụ na 1999, na-emeri onye mmeri anọ na-agbachitere, United States, na njedebe. Jim Nill, mgbe ahụ bụ onye isi nyocha maka Detroit Red Wings, kwuru maka arụmọrụ ya na, "Echere m na ị nwere ike ịsị na ọ bụ ụdị Onye Ọzọ. N'ime afọ ole na ole ọ bụla [onye ọkpụkpọ na-abịarute dị ka] Gretzky, Lemieux. Echere m na ọ na-ekwu okwu. Ọ̀ bụ ya bụ [Sidney] Crosby nke ọzọ? Echere m na ọ bụ ya bụ onye na-esote".