Bedard, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft, and the Blackhawks wrap up a long road trip in Denver with a late-night game against Colorado.
Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Bedard plays in his first regular-season NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. If you haven’t seen Connor Bedard, who entered the NHL 2023-24 season with an extraordinary amount of hype for a rookie, then you get another shot Thursday night when the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Colorado Avalanche.
The 18-year-old Bedard, the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft, recorded a point in each of his first three games but was held off the scoresheet Monday in a 4-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. “Handling it really well,” Taylor Hall, another former top pick, said of Bedard. “He does way too many in-game interviews ... they need to find a way to just let him play.”
That win was Colorado’s 14th straight away from home dating to last season, matching the mark set by Buffalo during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 37 saves and turned away nearly every dangerous chance.
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