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Blackhawks' Connor Bedard Becomes Youngest All-Star in NHL History

Julia Stumbaugh

Connor Bedard, who turned 18 years old in July, became the youngest NHL All-Star in history Thursday night.

Bedard will represent the Blackhawks during the 2024 NHL All-Star Game on Feb. 3 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. He is the team's first representative since Alex DeBrincat in 2022.

He will be 18 years and 171 days old at the time of the event, beating out Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner as the youngest participant in the game's history. Skinner set the previous record in 2011 at 18 years and 259 days old, per Yahoo Sports.

The No. 1 selection of the 2023 draft headed into Thursday night with 15 goals and 33 points in his first 37 games.

Bedard may be less than halfway through his first NHL season, but he's already set multiple other records for the Blackhawks and the league.

In the ninth game of his career against the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 30, Bedard became the youngest player in league history to score within the first 30 seconds of a game, per ESPN Stats and Info.

On Nov. 9 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in his 12th career game, Bedard became the youngest NHL player since 1944 to record four points in a single game, per The Athletic's Mark Lazerus.

He was the first player in Blackhawks history to score nine goals in the first 13 games of his career, and the sixth NHL player to do so since 1994, according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Ben Pope.

Bedard recorded an assist against the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 12 to mark the first 10-game road point streak by any rookie in Blackhawks franchise history, per NHL.com.

With Bedard currently on pace for 73 points over 82 games, a total which would beat Patrick Kane's 72-point 2007-08 campaign to make him the third-most productive Blackhawks rookie of all time, those aren't likely to be the only records the former No. 1 pick breaks this season.

His next one will come in February as Bedard joins stars including Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby beginning on Feb. 2 with a remodeled All-Star skills competition.

   

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