Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Morgan Barron was born December 2, 1998 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a center in the National Hockey League.

Barron played two seasons of minor ice hockey with the Newbridge Academy Gladiators of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League (NSMMHL) before enrolling at St. Andrew's College in Ontario. Upon graduating, he enrolled and graduated from Cornell University to play collegiate ice hockey and was picked 174th overall by the New York Rangers in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Barron played three seasons at Cornell before starting his professional career with the Rangers. He received numerous accolades including an AHCA All-America, All-Ivy League, and All-ECAC Hockey First Team selection and was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Year for 2020. Morgan was traded to the Winnipeg Jets at the trade deadline on March 21, 2022. 

Morgan was traded to the Winnipeg Jets at the trade deadline on March 21, 2022 along with a fifth round draft pick and 2 conditional second round draft picks in exchange for Andrew Copp and a sixth round draft pick.

During the first period of the Jets first game of the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, Barron fell onto Golden Knights goalie Laurent Brossoit's skate during a scrum in the crease, which led to 75 stitches above and to the side of his right eye. Barron returned to continue playing in the second period with a full cage on his helmet.