Chicago Blackhawks rookie sensation Connor Bedard has the top-selling jersey within the NHL this season, based on Fanatics.
Bedard, 18, was the primary decide within the 2023 NHL draft. He leads all rookies in factors (40) and is tied with Minnesota Wild middle Marco Rossi for the lead in targets (17), regardless of lacking 14 video games with a damaged jaw this season.
Bedard’s financial influence for the Blackhawks has been palpable. The workforce almost doubled its season-ticket base earlier than the season began and projected a ten% enhance in tickets offered general.
By way of February, New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes had second-highest-selling jersey, adopted by New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin, Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews and Rangers middle Mika Zibanejad.
What makes Bedard’s jersey gross sales extra spectacular is that they weren’t fueled by the Blackhawks competing in an outside recreation. Hughes, Panarin and Zibanejad all performed within the 2025 Stadium Sequence at MetLife Stadium, the place their groups wore limited-edition alternate jerseys that boosted gross sales.
Hughes had the highest-selling jersey within the NHL since Feb. 1, adopted by Panarin, Devils middle Nico Hischier, Zibanejad and Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin.
Fanatics, the NHL’s longtime e-commerce and fan attire companion, will grow to be its new clothes shop of on-ice uniforms and genuine jerseys starting in 2024-25.
