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Connor Bedard Wins NHL Calder Memorial Trophy for Best Rookie

Chicago Blackhawks' center leads all rookies in goals, assists, and points despite missing 14 games due to injury.

  • Bedard is the first Blackhawks rookie to win the Calder Trophy since Artemi Panarin in 2016.
  • He scored 22 goals, 61 points, and 47 takeaways in just 68 games.
  • Bedard's achievements include scoring the first goal of his NHL career three months after turning 18.
  • Minnesota Wild's Brock Faber and New Jersey Devils' Luke Hughes were runners-up in the voting.
  • Bedard's performance puts him on pace for 73 points in an 82-game season.
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