The Anaheim Ducks prospect led all CHL defencemen with 32 goals in 55 games this season. This year’s recipient was Olen Zellweger of the Kamloops Blazers. The CHL Defenceman of the Year Award is presented annually to the top defenceman in the Canadian Hockey League. Winner: Olen Zellweger (Kamloops Blazers)įinalists: Pavel Mintyukov (Ottawa 67s), Tristan Luneau (Gatineau Olympiques)
Ultimately, Bedard was the first Western Hockey League player in 27 years to top 140 points during the regular season. The 2022-23 recipient of this award was Connor Bedard of the Regina Pats, who led all CHL skaters with 143 points during the regular season, including a CHL-leading 71 goals. Named in honour of OHL Commissioner David Branch, the CHL David Branch Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Canada is presented to the player judged to be the most outstanding in the Canadian Hockey League.
Saturday’s full list of winners from the CHL Awards and its nominees can be found below.ĭavid Branch Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Canadaįinalists: Matthew Maggio (Windsor Spitfires), Jordan Dumais (Halifax Mooseheads) He also scored 10 goals and 20 points in seven postseason games for Regina in its first-round playoff loss to Saskatoon - making him the first Western Hockey League player since 2012 to score 10 or more goals in a single playoff series. He led all CHL skaters in goals (71), points (143), shots on goal (360), and points per game (2.51) in 57 regular-season games this past season. 1 on the NHL Central Scouting’s final ranking of North American skaters ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft, Bedard had a season for the ages.
The 17-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., was also the first to take home three prizes at the CHL Awards since Connor McDavid achieved the feat as a member of the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters in 2015 (David Branch Player of the Year, Top Prospect & Scholastic Player of the Year awards). The Regina Pats forward took home the CHL’s Top Prospect Award presented by Kubota Canada, Top Scorer Award, and David Branch Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Canada - marking the first time in CHL history that a skater has won all three of these awards in the same season since the introduction of the CHL’s Top Scorer award in 1994. It was a historic afternoon at the 2023 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Awards for Connor Bedard.
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