Connor Bedard made Canadian Hockey League history on Saturday (June 3).

The presumed No. 1 pick of this yearB次元官网网址檚 NHL entry draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer, and David Branch Player of the Year awards. ItB次元官网网址檚 the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that a player has won all three in a single season.

The 17-year-old was also the first to claim three trophies at the CHL Awards since Edmonton Oilers star B次元官网网址� then with the Erie Otters B次元官网网址� Connor McDavid won the Player of the Year, Top Prospect and Scholastic Player of the Year awards in 2015.

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Bedard B次元官网网址� set to turn 18 years old on July 17 B次元官网网址� had 143 points (71 goals, 72 assists) in 57 regular-season games starring for the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League.

He had another 10 goals and 10 assists in seven games in the PatsB次元官网网址� first-round post-season loss to the Saskatoon Blades. He became the first WHL player since 2012 to score 10 or more goals in a single playoff series.

Former Calgary Flames and Canadian menB次元官网网址檚 national team star Jarome Iginla presented Bedard with the Player of the Year award.

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Bedard, who has also earned a number of accolades starring for the Canadian world junior team, including two gold medals, is now preparing for the NHL draft which takes place June 28-29 in Nashville, Tenn.

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Olen Zellweger of the Kamloops Blazers took home the CHL Defenceman of the Year award.

Nominated alongside Pavel Mintyukov of the Ottawa 67B次元官网网址檚 and Tristan Luneau of the Gatineau Olympiques, it was the first time an NHL team had three of its prospects up for the honour. Each player was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks between 2021 and 2022.

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Nathan Darveau of the Victoriaville Tigres claimed the Goaltender of the Year award, Dave Cameron of the Ottawa 67B次元官网网址檚 won the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year award and Maxim Mass茅 of the Chicoutimi Saguen茅ens earned Rookie of the Year honours.

Evan Vierling of the Barrie Colts grabbed Sportsman Player of the Year, Colby Barlow of the Owen Sound Attack earned Scholastic Player of the Year and Dalyn Wakely of the North Bay Battalion was named Humanitarian of the Year.

The nominees were determined by the winner of the corresponding award presented in each member league: the WHL, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press

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