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.