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An NHL team will soon win the right to draft him, and his family, minus one important figure, will be there to celebrate the moment.

Connor Bedard, the likely first overall choice in the 2023 NHL draft, is focused on family as he smashes records at the World Juniors.

Joshua Clipperton Connor Bedard, shown in a handout photo playing for the Regina Pats, the first 15-year-old granted exceptional status to play in the Western Hockey League, travelled to Sweden in the fall to practice and play with HV71. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Keith Hershmiller MANDATORY CREDIT April 30, 2021 - 3:42 PM Melanie Bedard couldn't sleep. It was 4 a.m. and her two kids — Connor and Madisen, aged 15 and 17 — were flying to Sweden in two days. In the middle of a pandemic. "I sat up and thought, 'I don't think I can do this,'" she recalled. "You th...

Emotional night for Bedard as Pats beat Brandon in overtime By Mitchell Blair Apr 9, 2021 10:49 PM It was only the sixth win of a shortened 24-game season, but it may be the biggest emotional victory the Regina Pats have had since they won the Memorial Cup semi-final in 2018. Playing with a heavy heart on Friday afternoon, 15-year-old Connor Bedard scored twice including the winner in overtime for a 2-1 win.  The game was not only Bedard’s last in a Pats uniform this year, but it was the first game he has played since the tragic death of his grandfather who died in a two-car collis...

By Drew Postey Picture: Regina Pats The Regina Pats released a statement Wednesday morning after learning of the passing of Connor Bedard’s grandfather Garth Bedard, in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday near Sicamous B.C.   “The Regina Pats Hockey Club extends our deepest condolences to Connor and the entire Bedard family after the passing of Garth Bedard. We know how close Connor was with his grandfather, who was one of Connor’s biggest fans. Garth was incredibly proud of Connor and took great joy in his grandson’s passion for hockey and even more so in the person he has b...