{"id":82557,"date":"2025-07-22T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82557\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:07:11","slug":"oilers-mcdavid-draisaitl-outplayed-in-surprise-beer-league-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82557\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers&#8217; McDavid, Draisaitl outplayed in surprise beer league appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Imagine showing up to your weekly ice hockey game to play with some of your friends and local talent, but two of the best players in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NHL<\/a> are ready to face-off against you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a> stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were quite the ringers at the Magna Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, last Wednesday for the beer league game, but they were actually outscored by their opponents, who have quite the hockey story for the rest of their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rink is just minutes away from where McDavid grew up, and he had his partner in crime donned in an Oilers jersey with him on the ice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leon-draisaitl-connor-mcdavid-oilers.jpg\" alt=\"Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid speak\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid (97) and forward Leon Draisaitl (29) and defenseman Evan Bouchard (2) during a stop in play against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period in game five of the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Arena.\u00a0 (Bob Frid\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p>Fans in the stands couldn\u2019t believe their eyes as they watched McDavid and Draisaitl play against loved ones and friends. But the Edmonton stars didn\u2019t have the usual point tallies on the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, neither player scored a goal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/oilers-tie-stanley-cup-final-overtime-comeback-victory-front-taylor-swift-travis-kelce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>OILERS TIE STANLEY CUP FINAL WITH OVERTIME COMEBACK VICTORY IN FRONT OF TAYLOR SWIFT, TRAVIS KELCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, there were clips that went viral on social media of the other team\u2019s goalie making some sweet saves on McDavid\u2019s shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is worth noting neither NHL All-Star was skating full speed and trying to do their patented offensive wizardry on the ice. However, they reportedly found themselves down 4-0 after the first period and eventually lost the game, 6-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On-ice officials at the rink were reportedly given notice that the Oilers players were going to play, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMMO96HMUHa\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per TSN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leon-draisaitl-connor-mcdavid-.jpg\" alt=\"Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl talk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl (29) and forward Connor McDavid (97) talk before a face-off against the Minnesota Wild during the third period at Xcel Energy Center. (Nick Wosika\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>McDavid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/45777216\/connor-mcdavid-leon-draisaitl-edmonton-oilers-beer-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke with ESPN<\/a>, who said it wasn\u2019t his first time jumping on the ice in this league that he used to play in during his junior hockey days. In fact, in 2023, he dropped by to play in the championship game against a team that sported Quinton Byfield on their bench, the Los Angeles Kings star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s a league I played in with my buddies for over 10 years now,&#8221; McDavid told ESPN. &#8220;We joined that league back when I played junior hockey. I was a little bit surprised to see it get blown up. I\u2019ve been playing in those games for over a decade now. So, it\u2019s pretty funny that it just kind of came up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps McDavid and Draisaitl needed some good vibes with local players after yet another loss to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They will try once more during the 2025-26 season to defend their Western Conference title, and hope they can lift Lord Stanley&#8217;s Cup instead of going home empty-handed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leon-draisaitl-connor-mcdavid.jpg\" alt=\"Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid celebrate goal\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Leon Draisaitl #29 celebrates with Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers during the first period against the Florida Panthers in Game Two of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on June 6, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Steph Chambers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Draisaitl is locked in with the Oilers for the future after inking an eight-year deal last year, McDavid is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent following this season. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/a>, and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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