Auston Matthews is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on September 17, 1997 in San Ramon, California, United States. Center who was selected first overall in the 2016 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He set an NHL record with 4 goals in his first career game and went on to win the 2017 Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie.
He spent a year playing with Jack Eichel while the two were on the USNDT during the 2013-2014 season.
Matthews’ play assisted the Maple Leafs in making the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in a full season since 2004, where the team played the top-seeded Washington Capitals in the first round. After going pointless in the first two games of the series, Matthews scored in each of the last four games as the team was eliminated in six games by the Capitals. His four consecutive games with a goal marked the first time since 1986 where a teenager scored in four straight playoff games, when Wendel Clark did it, also with Toronto. Matthews was also the only NHL rookie since the Winnipeg Jets’ Teemu Selänne in 1992–93 to record at least one shot on goal in all 82 regular season games. In recognition for his accomplishments throughout the year, Matthews was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie, with 164 of 167 first-place votes. He was the first Maple Leafs’ rookie to receive the trophy in 50 years since Brit Selby in 1966.
As a child, Matthews played both hockey and baseball. According to his father, baseball was his best sport; Auston’s hand-eye coordination made him an excellent hitter. However, he hated the slow pace of the game, preferring the fast pace and constant action of hockey. When he first started playing hockey, his parents knew almost nothing of the sport. His main coach during his youth was Boris Dorozhenko, who had previously founded the national ice hockey program of Mexico. During Dorozhenko’s first few years in the U.S., he lived with Matthews and his parents. Matthews played in the 2010 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Kharkov minor ice hockey team.
He was born to Brian and Ema Matthews in San Ramon, California; he later moved to Scottsdale, Arizona.
