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.

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.