Around 3 a.m. on a winter Saturday, the Regina Pats’ team bus pulled up to a hotel in Medicine Hat, Alberta. A few dozen bleary-eyed teenagers stumbled down the steps, ready to finally lay down after traveling from that night’s game in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Connor Bedard was among the group — an indistinguishable 17-year-old, if not for the fact he was the Pats’ most talented player and one of the most-anticipated NHL Draft prospects in decades.
