OT: Scottsdale's Auston Matthews

[Azlen]

Number one pick in the NHL draft is from Arizona and has four goals through the first two periods in his debut. First player to accomplish that in NHL history.

 

[jf-08]

Love the tweets about his performance!

Kid's a stud.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Incredible!!

 

[Bert]

What's even more incredible is that if the Coyotes had never come here, this kid would have never played hockey.

Totally awesome and a credit to all the work the Coyotes have done nurturing youth hockey in Arizona. That franchise as screwed up a great many times, but they did get one thing right. Awesome to see! Who says desert kids cant skate!

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Could have used some of that lottery luck

 

[Brian in Mesa]

He had a hat-trick after his first three shots. Amazing.

Ends up with 4 goals in a loss (5-4) and was beating himself up in the postgame, saying he could have done more.

Wow.

Pretty cool that his parents flew up to watch his first game.

 

[puckhead]

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Ends up with 4 goals in a loss (5-4) and was beating himself up in the postgame, saying he could have done more.

That says a lot about the young man. Would have been easy to trash the defense for giving up five goals and ruining his night.