Bedard is no longer the NHL’s novelty act, an object of curiosity. He’s 19 now. He’s got 68 NHL games under his belt. He’s scored 22 goals and handed out 39 assists — trailing only Crosby and McDavid in points per game as an 18-year-old. The curiosity now turns to San Jose’s Macklin Celebrini and Philadelphia ’s Matvei Michkov.

While the Chicago Blackhawks' young superstar is the youngest of the players born in 2005, there are three others who also made the cut and are playing in the NHL to start the season. These teenagers include Zach Benson (Buffalo Sabres), Will Smith (San Jose Sharks), and Calum Ritchie (Colorado Avalanche).

Connor Bedard is usually one of the first players on the ice and one of the last players to leave when practice is over.

Only 10 teenagers are active members of an NHL roster to start 2024-25 — just 1.4 percent of the league. Here's the scoop on each.

Hockey phenom Connor Bedard scored the first of what could be many goals in a long NHL career, beating goalie Linus Ullmark in the first period of a Chicago Blackhawks loss to the Boston Bruins.

The Chicago Blackhawks look like a much better team ahead of Connor Bedard's second season. The Blackhawks finished last in the Central Division in each of the previous two years.

As he took the ice for his traditional solo rookie lap prior to Tuesday’s season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, a helmetless Connor Bedard thumbed his nose at the establishment and won over a contingency of casual fans in the process.

Connor Bedard has been called "The Future of Hockey" - since he was 13. Now a ripe old 18, the NHL's No. 1 overall pic made his league debut Tuesday, and it became the most-viewed regular-season game ever on ESPN.