Jeff Skinner Jeffrey Skinner ( born May 16 , 1992 ) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Selected seventh overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , Skinner was the youngest player in the NHL during the season . Early life . Skinner was born to lawyers Andrew Skinner and Elisabeth Campin . He is the second - youngest of six siblings , with four sisters , Jennifer ( a former Harvard Crimson forward ) , Andrea ( a former Cornell Big Red forward and lawyer at Bay Street law firm Aird & Berlis ) , Erica ( current Carleton Ravens defence ) and Jillian . He has one brother , Benjamin , who was in the Kitchener Rangers system , but now plays for the Golden Hawks at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo . Skinner attended William Armstrong Public School and then Markham District High School . Involved in both ice hockey and figure skating growing up , he won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships . Soon after , he made the decision to focus solely on hockey . Skinner played his minor hockey with the Toronto Jr . Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the GTHL and the Markham Waxers of the OMHA . He grew up cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs . Playing career . Junior . Skinner was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 OHL Draft by the Kitchener Rangers from the Toronto Young Nationals , where he played on the wing with future Boston Bruins centre Tyler Seguin . After leading the Rangers in goal scoring in his rookie season , Skinner participated in the 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament , scoring 6 goals for 6 points , while winning the gold medal with Team Canada . In his second OHL season , Skinner scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft - eligible forwards in goal scoring . He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50 - goal milestone . Despite leading the league in goals at the time , Central Scouting ranked Skinner as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings , and only 34th during the final rankings . This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and TSN ' s Bob McKenzie who had him much higher . During the 2010 NHL Draft , he was taken 7th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes . Professional . During his first NHL training camp , he signed a three - year , entry level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21 , 2010 , worth $ 2 . 7 million . On October 7 , Skinner made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes 4 - 3 win against the Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in Helsinki , Finland . In sixteen minutes of ice time , he had two shots . The following day , Skinner recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Tuomo Ruutu ' s goal . He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the 3rd youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal . On October 20 , Skinner scored his first NHL career goal against Jonathan Bernier of the Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season . Midway through the campaign , Skinner was named to the 2011 All - Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby , making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All - Star Game , and the first 18 - year old NHL All - Star since Steve Yzerman . He was later named January 2011 ' s NHL Rookie of the Month . At the NHL Awards on June 22 , 2011 in Las Vegas Nevada , Skinner was awarded the Calder Trophy as the NHL ' s top rookie , beating out fellow rookies Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders .