Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard were childhood buddies. they grew up in vancouver, canada, and they’d played together for years when they were younger. macklin is a year younger than connor at 19, but that never mattered. now they’re both on team Canada for the men’s hockey team in the olympics and they’re linemates. they play on separate NHL teams, connor playing for the Chicago Blackhawks and macklin playing for the san jose sharks.