Connor Bedard

2022 - 12 - 31

Bedard shines as Canada tops Sweden, finishes second in group at ... (TSN)

Canada defeated Sweden 5-1 on the final day of the preliminary round at the World Junior Championship in Halifax on Saturday and will now face Slovakia in ...

Canadian centre Zack Ostapchuk was assessed a five-minute penalty and game misconduct for kneeing in the first period. Brennan Othmann extended Canada’s lead with his second goal of the game 35 seconds into the third period. "To have my name in the same sentence as him is crazy."

Connor Bedard celebrates father's birthday with record-tying ... (Regina Leader-Post)

Connor Bedard had four assists Saturday to tie Eric Lindros for the most points all-time by a Canadian at the world junior tournament.

[Another goal by Bedard will enable him to overtake former Pats star Jordan Eberle for the most in Canada’s world junior history. Seventeen of those points have been registered in the last three contests. Bedard played his 13th world junior game Saturday as Canada finished the preliminary round with a 3-1 record.

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2023 World Juniors: Connor Bedard Matches Canadian Scoring ... (FloHockey)

Connor Bedard had four points in a win over Sweden to tie two Canadian records for points scored at the World Juniors.

1 pick for the 2023 NHL Draft probably will need another trip to the World Juniors to have a shot at either of the single-tournament and career scoring records, which are both held by Peter Forsberg, who had 31 points at the 1993 World Junior Championship and 42 points in his WJC career. History in the making. Bedard has averaged 4.5 points in the 2023 tournament. Should Canada win, they are guaranteed two more games for Bedard to achieve more history. In addition to matching the single-tournament record, Bedard is also tied with Eric Lindros for Canada's career scoring record at the World Juniors. That event was restarted the following summer in total, but the games that were played before are being counted for individual records.

Bedard ties three Canadian records with four-assist game vs. Sweden (Sportsnet.ca)

Connor Bedard tied Eric Lindros' Canadian record for most career points at the world junior hockey championship when he registered his fourth assist of the ...

Lindros did it in 21 games. Bedard also tied the record for most points by a Canadian in a single tournament (18) and most assists in a single tournament (12) Connor Bedard tied Eric Lindros’ Canadian record for most career points at the world junior hockey championship when he registered his fourth assist of the night against Sweden on Saturday to give him 31 points overall.

Bedard shines as Canada preps for New Year's Eve matchup with ... (Globalnews.ca)

Connor Bedard has 14 points to lead the tournament, and he's tied Jordan Eberle's national record of 14 career goals at the men's under-20 event.

“People get motivated in different ways,” he said. Canada enters the final day of Group A action with six points from three games. “First played with him at the under-18 tournament,” said defenceman Jack Matier. But right now my top priority is this tournament and helping the team. “Everyone loves scoring goals and being on the scoresheet,” Williams said. “Pretty hard worker,” Connor said of his father, whose birthday is Saturday. He wants to be better than he was last game. “He was the quiet kid. “There’s not exceptional status for the NHL. “His schedule’s probably tougher than most. “You don’t see that — ever.” “Very sudden,” Clarke said when asked his perspective following Friday’s practice.

World juniors: Connor Bedard continues to rewrite record books as ... (Yahoo Canada Sports)

Facing their toughest competition of the tournament, Canada put forth a dominant performance against Sweden, led once again by Connor Bedard, ...