he is conner mcdavid, a generational talent who just began his first season on the ice playing for the edmonton oilers, once home to wayne gretzky, for this week's new edition of "60 minutes" sports, we got the inside look at the making of a mega pros peck. >> we heard this, the precoshus child that shows a spooky talent at a very, very young age. his parents say they neither push nor encouraged his obsession with hockey. >> my perspective was we owed it to him to give him every opportunity to be successful. and if success didn't follow, you know, we would deal with that as a family. because first and fore most we're still a family it was pretty clear to me from a very young age that he was a talented hockey player and he had a gift that others didn't have. >> reporter: like only two players before him, mcdavid signed a special exception that allowed him to play in the ontario league for the erie otters at the age of 15, against his three and four years older. but that involved leaving home. as a child, he had warned his mother that that day would come. >> we were standing at the kitch

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he is conner mcdavid, a generational talent who just began his first season on the ice playing for theoilers. once home to wayne gretzky. this week's new edition of "60 minute sports," we got an inside look at the making of a mega-prospect. >> reporter: we've heard this story before. the precocious child who exhibits an almost spooky talent at a very, very young age. his parents, brian and kelly, say they neither pushed for for discouraged his obsession with hockey. >> my perspective was we owed it to him to give him every opportunity to be successful. and if success didn't follow, we would deal with that as a family. because first and foremost we're still a family. it was pretty clear to me from a young age he was a talented hockey player. and he had a gift that others didn't have. >> reporter: like only two players before him, mcdavid signed a special exception that allowed him to play in the ontario league for the erie otters at the age of 15, against kids three and four years older. but that involved leaving home. as a child he warned his mother that day would come. >> we were stan

he is conner mcdavid, a generational talent who just began his first season on the ice playing for the edmonton oilers. once home to wayne gretzky. this week's new edition of "60 minute sports," we got an inside look at the making of a mega-prospect. >> reporter: we've heard this story before. the precocious child who exhibits an almost spooky talent at a very, very young age. his parents, brian and kelly, say they neither pushed for for discouraged his obsession with hockey. >> my perspective was we owed it to him to give him every opportunity to be successful. and if success didn't follow, we would deal with that as a family. because first and foremost we're still a family. it was pretty clear to me from a young age he was a talented hockey player. and he had a gift that others didn't have. >> reporter: like only two players before him, mcdavid signed a special exception that ontario league for the erie otters at the age of 15, against kids three and four years older. but that involved leaving home. as a child he warned his mother that day would come. >> we were standing at the kitch