Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I takaro tuatahi a McDavid i tetahi whakataetae IIHF i te tau 2013 i te wa i uru atu ai ia ki te kapa o Canada i raro i te 18 tau i te 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships
i Sochi, i Rūhia. Ko te kaitakaro taitamariki o te kapa Kanata, i takaro a McDavid i tana tukinga tuatahi ki a Slovakia i te Paenga-whawha 18, i reira i tuhia ai e ia tetahi whaainga me nga awhina e rua. Whai muri i tana rekoata i te hat trick ki a Sweden, i whakaingoatia a McDavid hei kaitakaro Kanata pai rawa atu o te keemu. I arahi ia i te whakataetae i nga whaainga me nga tohu i a ia e awhina ana i a Canada ki te wikitoria i te mētara koura mo te wa tuatoru mai i te timatanga o te whakataetae i te tau 1999, i te wikitoria i te toa toa e wha-whawhai, te United States, i te whiringa toa. Ko Jim Nill, i taua wa ko ia te kaitohutohu matua mo te Detroit Red Wings, i kii mo tana mahi, "Ki taku whakaaro ka taea e koe te kii ko ia te ahua o te Next One. I ia tau ka tae mai tētahi kaitākaro pēnei i a Gretzky, Lemieux. Ki taku whakaaro kei te whakaputa kōrero ia. Ko ia [te Sidney e whai ake nei] ko Crosby? Ki taku whakaaro ko ia te tangata e whai ake nei".