Ryan Molag/Langley Events Centre
In what will likely be the only homecoming game of his junior career, Connor Bedard extended his point streak to 22 games as the Regina Pats shut out the Vancouver Giants 3-0 on Friday night in WHL action.
The 17-year-old from North Vancouver, who is widely expected to be selected first overall at the 2023 NHL draft in Nashville next June, helped draw a sellout crowd of 5,276 to the Langley Events Centre, where the Giants have been averaging just over 3,000 fans so far this season.
Leading the WHL scoring race with 49 points in 23 games, 10 points clear of second-place Connor McClennon of the Winnipeg Ice, the Pats’ captain and top-line center saw his average production slip slightly on Friday, to 2.13 points per game. His only counting stat of the night was what he called “a pretty lucky assist.”
Early in the second period, with the Pats already up…
