If the Chicago Blackhawks win the NHL Draft Lottery for the second consecutive year, no player may benefit more than Connor Bedard. “If Chicago gets, it’d be sort of like having the Jonathan Toews to Bedard’s Pat Kane,” said Jack Han, the publisher of “Hockey Tactics” and a hockey consultant. He works back on defense just as hard as he …
CONNOR BEDARD, center, 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, shoots right. FROM: North Vancouver, British Columbia LAST TEAM: Regina Pats, Western Hockey League ACCOMPLISHMENTS/BACKGROUND: Bedard was the WHL’s first player — and seventh Canadian junior — to be granted exceptional status in being allowed to play at 15.. And his 143 points were the most in the league since three players topped that …
