 The only other players to have been given such eligibility are centre John Tavares in 2005, Connor McDavid in 2012, Sean Day in 2013, Joseph Veleno in 2015, and Shane Wright in 2019.In the 2014 OHL Coaches Poll, the results of which were released in Toronto, he won top honours in four different categories in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League, earning first-place finishes for best shot, hardest shot, best offensive defenceman, and best defensive defenceman.He was also voted second in the category of best penalty killer, behind Oshawa Generals forward Scott Laughton.