While a lot of the talk in the early days of the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship has been around top 2023 NHL Draft prospect Matvei Michkov from Russia, Connor Bedard used a game against Austria to show why he is also a top prospect for that draft.
Bedard became the youngest Canadian player to score four goals in a game at the World Juniors, and the 16-year-old could have had even more in Canada’s 11-2 win over Austria on Tuesday night.
“Most of those I was just in front of the net, getting the stick on something,” Bedard said “Everyone makes the game easy when you’re here playing with these guys.