Connor Bedard’s words — whatever they were — ran afoul of a referee, and he missed the make-or-break final minutes of the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Bedard spent most of the final 11 minutes of Thursday's game stuck in the penalty box after an unusual "abuse of officials" call.

Connor Bedard says he didn’t say anything that “was too crazy” to earn himself a misconduct penalty for abuse of officials.

Chicago Blackhawks sophomore star Connor Bedard experienced what some NHL players could deem as a right of passage on Thursday night. Bedard received a 10-minute misconduct penalty for “abuse of officials" in the Blackhawks' 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

The Chicago Blackhawks took on the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Thursday night. It was the first matchup between the last two number-one overall picks, Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini.

The teenage stars hope their future meetings will have higher stakes than Thursday's game between the bottom two teams in the NHL standings.

One of the game’s rising stars has to be feeling a little humbled after getting caught using his words a little too much. During Thursday night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks,

In case you missed it last night, the Chicago Blackhawks dropped a 4-2 decision to the San Jose Sharks in a game that had a lot of hype surrounding the face off between 2023 1st overall pick Connor Bedard and 2024 1st overall pick Macklin Celebrini.