It might shock you to learn that Connor Zary, Calgary Flames’ 2020 first round selection, has never been to a regular season National Hockey League game. Growing up, the Saskatoon product has always been busy with his own games or practices.
As fate may have it, the first NHL game he attends may be one he’s playing in.
One of the older first-year eligible players in the 2020 draft class – he was born 10 days after the cut-off for the 2019 draft – Zary enjoyed an offensive breakout in 2019-20 with Orrin Centazzo and Zane Franklin on the Kamloops Blazers’ top line.