Before Connor Bedard had laced up his skates for a regular season game, the 18-year-old hockey phenom had already caused a surge in the Chicago Blackhawks’ season ticket sales.
He had fans talking about a return to glory for a team that had fallen on hard times.
When he scored the first goal of his career on Oct. 11, a graphic was displayed on the television broadcast that bordered on parody.
Chasing GreatnessCareer GoalsGretzky: 894Bedard: 1“He’s handling it so well,” Taylor Hall, a teammate of Mr. Bedard’s, told reporters last week.
“He doesn’t say that, but it feels like it is.”
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