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The Chicago Blackhawks, and much of the NHL, are holding their breath after rookie phenom Connor Bedard exited a game Friday due to a massive hit from New Jersey Devils veteran Brendan Smith.
Bedard was leveled midway through the first period at the Prudential Center. Smith's hit didn't look dirty, but it did leave Bedard holding his mouth and heading to the dressing room.
The Blackhawks later announced the 18-year-old Bedard would not return to the game, without specifying the injury.
After the game, Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson said the team would know more about Bedard's status on Saturday.
"Just didn't return to the game. We're going to get everybody home and checked out at home, to see if there's anything further. Hopefully, we'll know more tomorrow. ...
"I think he banged his head. I'm not sure if he's, like — I just got in there now and I haven't heard anything other than everybody's coming home tonight."
When asked if Bedard was in the concussion protocol, Richardson said he hadn't heard that and, again, would know more Saturday.
Dirty or not, Bedard's Blackhawks teammates did not take kindly to the hit.
Center Philipp Kurashev immediately confronted Smith on the ice, followed by left wing Nick Foligno. All three players ended up at the bottom of a dogpile behind the net. Smith was later assessed a roughing penalty, while Foligno received two of them.
The continued early in the second period. Clearly not satisfied with their last run-in, Foligno took on Smith in a fight that lasted a good 75 seconds. It wound up being Foligno's last time on the ice, as the Blackhawks announced he too would not return to the game.
Richardson described both Foligno and Bedard as "banged up."
All told, it was one of the most contentious games of the season, with 64 penalty minutes combined between the two teams in a 4-2 Devils win. The Blackhawks took the brunt of those minutes with 38.
Just a day earlier, Bedard had been announced as the youngest player to ever be named to the NHL All-Star team, rewarding a season in which the 2023 No. 1 overall pick has lived up to the hype as a generational talent.
The Blackhawks' next game is scheduled for Sunday at home against the Calgary Flames.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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