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Jun 3, 2023 | 4:12 PM
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Connor Bedard made Canadian Hockey League history on Saturday.
The presumed No. 1 choice of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer, and David Branch Player of the Year awards. It’s the very first time considering that the Top Scorer award was presented in 1994 that a gamer has actually won all 3 in a single season.
Bedard — set to turn 18 years of ages on July 17 — had 143 points (71 objectives, 72 helps) in 57 regular-season video games starring for the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League.
Olen Zellweger of the Kamloops Blazers took home the CHL Defenceman of the Year award. Nominated along with Pavel Mintyukov and Tristan Luneau, it was the very first time an NHL group had 3 of its potential customers up for the honour, all 3 being draft choices of the Anaheim Ducks in between 2021 and 2022.