Watch Drake as a 10-year-old child actor at 1997 NHL Awards (VIDEO)

Drake was a smash hit as host of the first-ever NBA Awards show last month, but it wasn’t the first time he participated in a major awards show.

The 30-year-old was a child actor before he was an international sensation. As a teenager, the Toronto-based hip hop artist starred on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

And when Drake was 10 years old, he appeared in a skit for the NHL Awards in 1997.

Watch as a very young Drake participates in a fictitious ad for a table hockey game between two goal-scoring goalies. Watch as Drake controls Ron Hextall as he battles Martin Brodeur.

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