LANGLEY, B.C. — Containing teen phenom Connor Bedard is no easy feat — just ask the top players in the Canadian Hockey League.
“Just do your best,” said the blueliner for the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights. “You can’t back up too much because he’s going to blow by you, you can’t let him shoot because he’s got a bullet of a shot. So it’s going to be tough, but I’ll do my best.”
He’s the first player granted exceptional status to play in the WHL a year early at age 15, and set numerous scoring records at the world juniors last month. He also comes into the top prospects game on a stunning 32-game point streak in league play and sits atop the WHL with 81 points in 33 appearances this season.
“He’s pretty dynamic. I think we’ve all seen that sort of the past while now watching him,” Danielson said. “I think you’ve just got to play your own game, and he’s going to do what he does out there. And you’ve just got to sort of deal with it as it comes.” “I grew up playing against him and he’s been doing all that to me. So I’m happy to see him doing that to other defencemen, not to me,” the native of Richmond, B.C., said with a smile.“You’ve just got to know he’s on the ice and where he is. And you guys have seen his shot, so he can score from anywhere,” he said. “You’ve always got to be prepared for it and know where he is.”
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