Connor Bedard Joins Elite Company in Blackhawks History Books

Connor Bedard is starting to get hot with three goals and six points in his last four games. This comes at a perfect time for him to join some elite company.

The 19-year-old is just the third Chicago Blackhawks teenager to record 60 or more points in a calendar year. The two former players to do so before him were Bobby Hull who recorded 61 points in 1958 and Eddie Olczyk who reached 60 points in 1985.

In the 2024 calendar year, Bedard scored 17 goals and 60 points in 69 games, which is still very impressive for his age. Many believe that he should already be pushing 40 goals and 90 points in a season, but he will definitely get there in time and when the team also gets much better around him along the way.

Bedard has scored 10 goals and 32 points in 37 games this season after ending the second half of the 2023-24 season with seven goals and 28 points in 32 games.

The Blackhawks play on December 31 in the Winter Classic against the St. Louis Blues. With a point, he ties Hull's record. The way Bedard has been playing and how the Blues have struggled, there is a strong chance that he should finish 2024 with 61 total points, if not more.

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