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When Connor McDavid takes the ice in the Edmonton Oilers season opener Oct. 12, hell become the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years, 273 days old.McDavid was captain of his junior team in Erie and of Team North America at the World Cup of Hockey, so it was no surprise that the talented player got the C for the Oilers.Oilers coach Todd McLellan called McDavid mature beyond his years and an ambassador of the game like Sidney Crosby, a fellow No. 1 pick who also became captain at a young age.McDavid is only 45 games into his NHL career and his history as Oilers captain is yet to be written. Heres a look at how the previous five youngest captains in NHL history fared with that responsibility:VINCENT LECAVALIERSelected captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2000 at 19 years, 315 days old, the 1998 No. 1 pick lasted only a season and change before he clashed with coach John Tortorella and was stripped of the captaincy, which was given to veteran Dave Andreychuk. Lecavalier blossomed into a star and was a point-a-game player and alternate captain when the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004.Lecavalier was the face of the franchise in Hockey Bay and served as captain again from 2008-2013 before he was bought out of his contract.GABRIEL LANDESKOGOne of the youngest players to lace up his skates in the top Swedish mens league, Landeskog was captain of the Ontario Hockey Leagues Kitchener Rangers and got the C for the Colorado Avalanche after his rookie year. The 2012-13 lockout forced Landeskog to wait several months to start on the job at 20 years, 57 days old.Landeskog helped Colorado make the playoffs in 2013-14 and the thoughtful Swede quietly remains one of the most respected players in the league.SIDNEY CROSBYCrosby was the No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft of the Pittsburgh Penguins and became a franchise-changing superstar. He had immediate impact and proved to be among the best in the world. Crosby was 20 years, 59 days old at the start of his third NHL season when he first served as captain and led Pittsburgh to the Cup Final several months later.Crosby lifted the Cup as a 21-year-old in 2009 and again as a 28-year-old in June.JONATHAN TOEWSThe Chicago Blackhawks followed the Crosby model by making Toews captain before the 2008-09 season. He was 20 years, 164 days old in his first game with that job. He also won the Cup young, lifting it in 2010 and then again in 2013 and 2015 as the most accomplished captain of the salary-cap era.Toews earned the moniker Captain Serious and along with Crosby is a gold standard for young captains.STEVE YZERMANBefore McDavid, Landeskog, Crosby and Toews were born, the Detroit Red Wings made Yzerman captain at 21 years, 153 days old back in 1986. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Never bashful, Matthew Centrowitz always believed he could win at the Olympics.The American runner showed that supreme confidence on Saturday as he took the lead in the 1,500-meter race with two laps remaining and held off a late charge from the field to capture gold.It was the first title in the event for the United States since Mel Sheppard won the metric mile more than 100 years ago at the 1908 London Games.Doing my victory lap, I literally kept screaming to everyone I know, `Are you kidding me? Centrowitz said.Distance running just so happens to run in the Centrowitz family. His father, Matt, represented the United States at the 1976 Montreal Games. His sister, Lauren, competed in college for Stanford.Then theres Matthew, of course, the confident runner who always believed he was going to be the next big thing in the 1,500.He took a brazen approach in a race Saturday that was rather slow at the start. Centrowitz jumped to the front with about two laps to go and only got stronger with the finish line in sight. He finished in 3 minutes, 50 seconds, beatinng defending champion Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria by 0.dddddddddddd11 seconds. Nicholas Willis of New Zealand captured bronze.After crossing the line, Centrowitz looked straight ahead, stunned at what he had just done. He then dropped to his knees and put his hands on top of his head.It was that unbelievable.His dad took in the entire scene from the stands. These two are tight, so much so that the son has a tattoo across his chest that reads, Like father, like son.Centrowitz went to the University of Oregon, home of the late Steve Prefontaine -- the training partner of his father before Pres death in a car accident at the age of 24.The 26-year-old Centrowitz grew up hearing all the stories. He even hung posters on his wall of Prefontaine, the charismatic and talented runner who finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympics.Theres nothing like it, Centrowitz said of his win. It doesnt compare to anything else Ive won in my life. ' ' '