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

It’s no coincidence that the Chicago Blackhawks are playing some of their best hockey of the season as the young players begin to take control of the team. The youth led the way again in a 4-3 overtime win over the Utah Hockey Club Friday night.

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.

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.

Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard wound up getting a 10-minute misconduct penalty for “abuse of the officials,” but many fans aren’t sure he earned it.

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,

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

Connor Bedard received the first 10-minute game misconduct of his career in the third period of Thursday’s 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks for “abuse of officials.”