COLLECTING CONNOR

The craze for Connor Bedard’s hockey cards – especially Young Guns – is due to his stellar play and the ever-growing hobby market

BY SAL BARRY

CONNOR BEDARD HAD AN admirable rookie season, scoring 61 points in 68 games and playing top-line minutes as an 18-year-old center on a sad-sack Chicago Blackhawks team. But what was really amazing this year was the demand for his hockey cards, particularly Bedard’s Young Guns rookie card. While past NHL freshmen may have had more productive rookie seasons than Bedard, none can claim that their rookie card sold for $1,000 the day it was released. “His performance this season, the city he’s playing in and being from Canada really helped Bedard exceed all expectations in terms of collectability for his trading cards,” said Paul Zickler, the director of sports brands at Upper Deck. Every decade or so, a generational talent comes along and turns hockey-card collecting on its head – from Eric…

You're reading a preview of

The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, Champions Issue 2024

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.