Connor Bedard is the next phenom whose name you should know. The future of hockey emerges from his team’s dressing room looking about as comfortable as any 13-year-old kid does in a suit.

Connor Bedard's offensive ... his first real WHL campaign, but he also made Canada’s World Junior Championship team and impressed during the tournament’s limited run in Alberta.

But if anyone is capable of measuring up to Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini ... No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, leads the WHL with 60 points (19 goals, 41 assists) in 30 games.

When a player is hailed as "the next one" the way Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard has been since he was drafted No. 1 overall in 2023, the hype and pressure that go with it are a lot to handle.

This matchup, between Connor ... junior leagues. Bedard was one of the top scorers in the Western Hockey League (WHL) as an exceptional status player. Albeit over a shortened campaign, he put ...