Selected first overall by the Blackhawks at the 2023 NHL Draft, Bedard played two seasons in the CSSHL with West Van Academy (now known as North Shore Warriors). During the 2018/19 U15 Prep season the North Vancouver, BC forward would lead all skaters with 64 goals and 88 points in 30 games while being named the CSSHL U15 Prep Division MVP. His 64 goals are still a single season CSSHL U15 Prep record.

Bedard would be granted exceptional status in 2019/20, allowing him to play in the U18 Prep division at just 14 years old. He would again lead the division in goals (43) and points (84), earning CSSHL U18 Prep Division MVP honours. Despite playing just two seasons and 68 games in the CSSHL, Bedard ranks second all time with 110 goals and 11th with 176 points.

At the conclusion of the season the Regina Pats would select Bedard first overall at the 2020 Western Hockey League (WHL) Draft. After a brief stint in Sweden due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bedard would become the first player in WHL history to earn exceptional status, allowing him to join the league a year early, as a 15 year old. That season Bedard would tally 12 goals and 16 assists in 15 WHL games, all tops among WHL Rookies, earning him the WHL Rookie of the Year Award. Bedard would also represent Team Canada at the U18 World Championships, scoring 7 goals and 7 assists in 7 games as he was named to the All-Star team and a Top 3 Player on Canada, helping Canada capture gold.

During the 2020/21 season, as a 16 year old, Bedard would finish second among WHL skaters in goals (51) and fourth in points (100). His 51 goals were 24 more than next highest on his team, while his 100 points were 31 more than next closest. His 49 assists were also tops among Pats skaters as he earned WHL (East) First All-Star Team honours.

Bedard would captain Team Canada at the 2021 U18 World Championships, recording seven points in four games while again being named a Top 3 Player on Canada. He would also play for Canada at the 2022 U20 World Juniors, finishing with eight points in seven games as Canada captured gold.

This season Bedard would lead all WHL skaters with 71 goals (21 more than second), 72 assists and 143 points (36 more than second). His impressive WHL season would earn him the following awards:

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Bedard would again represent Team Canada at the 2023 U20 World Junior, leading the team to a gold medal.

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The Rangers originally drafted the Victoria, BC native in the fourth round, 103^rd overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Garand has spent the past three seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Kamloops Blazers, who selected him in the third round of the 2017 WHL Draft. In 109 WHL games Garand has recorded a 2.32 Goals Against Average (GAA) and .918 Save Percentage (SV%), while earning the WHL Scholastic Player of the Year (Daryl K. Seaman Trophy) Award in 2019/20.

Internationally, Garand has represented Team Canada three times, winning silver at the 2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2021 World Juniors. He started one game for Team Canada at the 2022 World Juniors before the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to his time in the WHL, Garand spent two seasons in the Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú (CSSHL) with Delta Hockey Academy. In 2016/17 he led the U15 Prep division with a 1.15 GAA and .959 SV%, finishing with 4 shutouts in 13 games. The following season he would play 22 games and recorded a 2.12 GAA and .931 SV% with 4 shutouts at the U18 Prep level.

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The 51 players will be competing for a spot on the Canadian World Junior team which will compete at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer from Dec. 26, 2021 to Jan. 5, 2022.

Dylan Garand and Kaiden Guhle are two of five returning players from last year’s team looking to revenge their loss to the United States in the 2021 gold medal game.

The 13 CSSHL alumni participating in the camp include:

• Corson Ceulemans – OHA Edmonton (Brooks Bandits/AJHL)
• Dylan Garand – Delta Hockey Academy (Kamloops Blazers/WHL)
• Dylan Guenther – Northern Alberta Xtreme (Edmonton Oil Kings/WHL)
• Kaiden Guhle – OHA Edmonton (Prince Albert Raiders/WHL)
• Seth Jarvis – RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (Portland Winterhawks)
• Kent Johnson – BWC Academy (University of Michigan/NCAA)
• Carson Lambos – RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (Winnipeg Ice/WHL)
• Connor McClennon – Pursuit of Excellence/Northern Alberta Xtreme (Winnipeg Ice/WHL)
• Jake Neighbours – Pursuit of Excellence (Edmonton Oil Kings/WHL)
• Cole Sillinger – Okanagan Hockey Academy (Medicine Hat Tigers/WHL)
• Justin Sourdif – Delta Hockey Academy (Vancouver Giants/WHL)
• Logan Stankoven – Yale Hockey Academy (Kamloops Blazers/WHL)
• Olen Zellweger – OHA Edmonton (Everett Silvertips/WHL)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, Jack Finley (Pursuit of Excellence) of the Spokane Chiefs was the 14^th CSSHL alumni invited to the camp but is unable to participate due to injury.

Ceulemans, Guenther, Stankoven, and Zellweger all captured gold with Canada at the U18 World Championships in Texas back at the beginning of May 2021. Sillinger was initially named to the U18 team but was unable to participate due to COVID-19 protocols.

McClennon, Neighbours, Jarvis and Sourdif have all previously represented Canada alongside Garand and Guhle at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup where they would win a silver medal.

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