Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Connor Bedard was born July 17. 2005 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a center in the National Hockey League.

Bedard was selected first overall by the Blackhawks in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

Bedard was selected by the Regina Pats first overall in the WHL Bantam Draft in 2020 as the first WHL player of exceptional status, and won the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the league's top rookie player in his debut season. In his third year in the WHL, he won the Bob Clarke Trophy as the league's leading scorer and was given the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as its most valuable player, before also earning the Canadian Hockey League's Top Scorer and Player of the Year honours.

Competing internationally for Canada, Bedard won championships with the Canadian national under-18 team in 2021 and with the Canadian national junior team in 2022 and 2023. His 2023 tournament performance set several national and international points records, and led to his being named the event's most valuable player. Bedard was the inaugural recipient of the IIHF Male Player of the Year award.