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    Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard and Toronto Maple Leafs’ Fraser Minten were bantam hockey mates, now they’re opponents

    TORONTO — Days before the NHL draft this summer, Fraser Minten was in Europe preparing for another season with the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers. His longtime friend, Connor Bedard, was getting ready to be selected No. 1 overall in the NHL draft. At the time, Minten was asked about when he first started playing with Bedard on the 2018-19 West Van bantam hockey team in West Vancouver ...
    by Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune Oct 16, 2023 4 minutes
    Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackhawks breaks in for a shot against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Toronto.

    TORONTO — Days before the NHL draft this summer, Fraser Minten was in Europe preparing for another season with the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers.

    His longtime friend, Connor Bedard, was getting ready to be selected No. 1 overall in the NHL draft.

    At the time, Minten was asked about when he first started playing with Bedard on the 2018-19 West Van bantam hockey team in West Vancouver — he didn’t mind it, it wasn’t the first time he’s been asked about Bedard.

    “First time meeting Connor (around spring 2017) I was 13 and I remember he came out to a skate with my spring hockey team,” Minten told the Tribune in a text conversation. “Everyone was young at that age

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