Erie Otters' Mason Marchment scores beauty between-the-legs goal (VIDEO)

While Mason Marchment has grown nearly a foot since he came of age to play junior hockey, he displayed the dexterity of a more diminutive player while scoring a sweet goal for the Erie Otters on Friday.

It takes a lot to distinguish oneself while playing for the same team as top NHL draft prospects Connor McDavid and Dylan Strome, who counted four and three points respectively during an 8-3 rout of the Kitchener Rangers. Marchment, the 19-year-old puck-chasing progeny of the former NHL defenceman Bryan Marchment, might have won on style points, though.

In the second period, Marchment made a great read to intercept an ill-advised pass by young defenceman Doug Blaisdell, then pulled the ol' between-the-legs move to go top cheddar on goalie Matthew Greenfield.

That was the cue to the Rangers to swap goalies. It probably wasn't a reflection on the unfortunate Greenfield.

The Marchment name might turn heads, but the Uxbridge, Ont., native has had a long road to get to the Ontario Hockey League. As he told an interviewer last year while he was a rookie in Junior A with the Cobourg Cougars, Mason Marchment was a modestly sized youth who did not play minor hockey at the highest classification until he was 16.

"“I was 5-foot-4, a really small guy, getting my growth spurt late so just thought I’d develop in major midget and I guess it worked out," he said. "I didn't know what I was going to do, but then I started growing and people started talking to me so I got lucky and grew at the right time I guess.”

Marchment exhibited enough skill in Cobourg to convince the Otters, who had a need for new players who could contribute immediately, to sign him last winter. Now 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, he's off to a nice start with six points in his first five games for the Otters, who are also enjoying their first 5-0 start since the franchise moved to Pennsylvania in 1996.

It might be interesting to see whether Marchment can take advantage of being on a team that will draw a lot of scouting attention due to the presence of McDavid and Strome. His cousin, Belleville Bulls centre Jake Marchment, was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in June after making the jump to major junior relatively late. There's a precedent right within the family, but of course it's early yet.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet (video: Rogers Television).