The trailer dropped for Amazon’s new “FACEOFF: Contained in the NHL” documentary this week and Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid went viral as one of many major highlights within the upcoming collection.
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Amazon Prime are releasing a behind the scenes docuseries filmed final season, which goals to offer followers an perception into the NHL and what the gamers undergo down the stretch of a marketing campaign.
The collection will characteristic a complete host of gamers from all through the league, together with Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid who starred within the trailer.
Within the brief clip, McDavid lays into his teammates from the locker room at Recreation 2 of the Stanley Cup Last, together with his uncooked emotion precisely what the collection hoped to seize.
On the ice. Off the document. The brand new collection FACEOFF: Contained in the NHL premieres October 4th globally on Prime Video. pic.twitter.com/C2hDSosQO6
— NHL (@NHL) September 23, 2024
Following Edmonton’s preseason loss in opposition to Calgary on Monday night time, McDavid talked to the media in regards to the new collection in addition to his newfound stardom on the display screen.
“It was by no means my plan to be the star of the present,” McDavid mentioned. “I believe we needed to dip our toe in however … right here we’re. Head first off the diving board.
“You’re going to see us at our most susceptible, you may’t say that we didn’t let (the cameras) in. They shot issues in our most intense moments, most significant moments. You realize, they shot it. They could as nicely use it.”
Edmonton right-winger, Zach Hyman, was filled with reward for his captain final season, regardless of being on the mistaken finish of McDavid’s locker room rant final yr.
“To us, it’s regular. He’s [McDavid] an outstanding chief (who) wears his coronary heart on his sleeve. To you (media) guys he could also be quieter or extra guarded. However to us, he’s Connor.
“That clip, you’ll see extra of it within the present.”
After all the Oilers went on to lose the Stanley Cup to the Florida Panthers in a seven recreation collection, so McDavid’s frustration within the trailer was warranted.