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.

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

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.