Connor Bedard will get another chance to prove himself on the big stage Wednesday night at the CHL Top Prospects Game in Langley, B.C.
The 17-year-old Regina Pats captain has been in tears since returning from a gold medal and record performance for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships in early January.
In five games since returning from the World Juniors, Bedard has 12 goals and five assists for 17 points.
The Pats also saw their first sold-out crowd of the season last Saturday night in a 5-2 win over the Swift Current Broncos.
The CHL Top Prospects Game features the top 40 draft-eligible players from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which includes the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL ) and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League of the QMJHL.
Nineteen WHL players will skate in the game.
Including Bedard, four of those 19 players will represent WHL teams from Saskatchewan.
Tanner Molendyk (Saskatoon Blades), Jackson Unger (Moose Jaw Warriors) and Brayden Yager (Moose Jaw Warriors) will be the other three representatives from Saskatchewan organizations.
Riley Heidt of Saskatoon who plays for the Prince George Cougars and Kalan Lind of Shaunavon, Sask. who plays with the Red Deer Rebels will also play in the game.
Bedard, who is currently ranked number one among North American skaters for the 2023 National Hockey League (NHL) draft, is the WHL’s leading scorer with 39 goals, 42 assists and 81 points in 33 games this season. Bedard is second to Jordan Dumais (82pts) of the Halifax Mooseheads in points across the CHL, but has played six fewer games.
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