Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I roto i o raatau raarangi o mua-wa mo te 2011 National Hockey League (NHL) Whakauru Whakauru
, ko te Ratonga Kaitirotiro a-Ao i whakararangihia a Nugent-Hopkins i te tuaono o te katoa, te kaitakaro tuarua o te WHL i muri o te kaitautoko o Vancouver Giants a David Musil. E. J. McGuire, te Kaiwhakahaere o te NHL Central Scouting Bureau, i kii mo Nugent-Hopkins, "He nui tana pukenga me te pukenga mo te whakaeke", i a Cam Moon, te kaiwhakaari whakaari a te Rebels, i kiia ko ia te kaitakaro pai rawa atu i kitea e te roopu.