Born in Skellefteå, Sweden and a native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Gauthier has scored 13-10=23 points with a +6 rating in 17 games with Boston College (Hockey East) this season to lead the Eagles in goals and rank sixth among all NCAA leaders in goals. As a redshirt freshman in 2022-23 with the Eagles, the 6-3, 190-pound forward tallied a team-high 16-21=37 points in 32 games, leading Boston College in goals, assists, points and power-play goals (7) while ranking second In Hockey East in power play goals and third in goals per game (.50). He was named a Hockey East Third Team All-Star and a unanimous selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.
Gauthier's father, Sean, was a goaltender selected by Winnipeg in the ninth round of the 1991 NHL Draft. He appeared in one NHL game with San Jose in 1998-99, as well as 97 professional games in Sweden (2002-2005) and 10 professional seasons In the American Hockey League and International Hockey League from 1991-00.
Drysdale, 21 (8/4/02), 8-37=45 points in 123 NHL games with the Ducks since debuting in 2020-21. The 5-11, 185-pound defenseman appeared in 10 games for Anaheim in the 2023-24 season, earning 1-4=5 points after missing 29 games with an upper-body injury. He set career highs in points (4-28=32), goals, assists and appearances in 81 games in 2021-22, ranking second in points, assists, shots (137) and appearances among NHL rookie defensemen.
Selected by Anaheim in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Drysdale recorded 16-71=87 points in 112 games in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with Erie. He was named an OHL First Team All-Star in 2019-20 after scoring 9-38=47 points in 49 games, and was also named to the 2018-19 OHL First All-Rookie Team after scoring 7-33=40 points in 63 games.
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Drysdale has represented Canada at back-to-back World Junior Championships (2020 and 2021), including a gold medal at the 2020 championships and a silver in 2019.