NHL's leading rookie scorer will be 18 years, 202 days old when 2024 All-Star game is played in Toronto.
NHL's leading rookie scorer will be 18 years, 202 days old when 2024 All-Star game is played in Toronto.
NHL rookie scoring leader Connor Bedard was named on Thursday to the 2024 NHL All-Star game.
The Blackhawks center is set to become the youngest player in league history to skate in an All-Star contest. Bedard will be 18 years, 202 days old when the game takes place on Feb. 3, 2024 in Toronto.
The 32 players named All-Stars on Thursday – 28 skaters and four goalies – were selected by the NHL's Hockey Operations Department. One player was chosen from each team.
Bedard is the first Blackhawks rookie to be named an All-Star since Hall-of Fame goalie Tony Esposito in 1969-70.
The next two youngest Chicago All-Stars were Patrick Kane (20 years, 67 days) and Jonathan Toews (20 years, 271 days.)
Entering 2023, 14 active NHL players have skated in the All-Star game as rookie. That includes six as teenagers and three as 18-year-olds.
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