EDMONTON, AB - This is the (Hollo)way.
Following a busy 2020-21 season with the University of Wisconsin Badgers of the NCAA, 2020 14th-overall National Hockey League Draft selection Dylan Holloway put pen to paper on an entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
"I still remember the draft like it was yesterday," Holloway told the media on Friday. "I thought I progressed really well as a player. The World Juniors really helped me out. It let me see my competition and let me be around guys that were already signed, so that was a really cool experience."
The Alberta product registered 11 goals and 35 points in 23 games with the Badgers this season and also helped Team Canada earn a silver medal at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship by producing two points in six outings.
"I tried to take what I learned from World Juniors into the second half of the year. That's when I thought I was improving a lot," Hollaway said. "I was a little more comfortable on the ice with the pace at the NCAA level. I thought that helped a lot and I just carried that momentum throughout that second half of the season."
FUTURE WATCH: Holloway takes the next step with Oilers
2020 first-round selection Dylan Holloway inked a three-year entry-level contract with Edmonton
