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    What we learned at Blackhawks camp, including Connor Bedard ‘champing at the bit to get out there’

    CHICAGO — Connor Bedard skated around the second rink Thursday at Fifth Third Arena, looking as if he always had been there. But it was a new experience for him and Chicago Blackhawks fans who packed the stands to watch him: Bedard’s first training camp. “It was good,” he said in his very even-toned manner. “I didn’t know how that works, so it was fun to have everyone there and see people ...
    by Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune Sep 21, 2023 4 minutes
    Chicago Blackhawks Connor Bedard practices during the first day of training camp Thursday, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at Fifth Third Arena, in Chicago.

    CHICAGO — Connor Bedard skated around the second rink Thursday at Fifth Third Arena, looking as if he always had been there.

    But it was a new experience for him and Chicago Blackhawks fans who packed the stands to watch him: Bedard’s first training camp.

    “It was good,” he said in his very even-toned manner. “I didn’t know how that works, so it was fun to have everyone there and see people enjoying it.”

    Several fans were wearing his No. 98 jersey.

    “You see someone wearing your jersey, that’s pretty cool,” Bedard said. “It’s weird to think about but when you’re in the moment, you’re not too weird about it. But definitely now when you

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