{"id":156235,"date":"2025-12-16T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=156235"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:27:53","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-connor-bedard-suffered-season-altering-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-blackhawks-connor-bedard-suffered-season-altering-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks&#8217; Connor Bedard suffered season-altering injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicagoblackhawks\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> were hanging around the final wild card spot in the Western Conference before Connor Bedard suffered a shoulder injury in Friday night&#8217;s 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-blackhawks-hc-explodes-connor-bedard-ir\">Blackhawks HC explodes at team after placing Connor Bedard on IR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday (minus Bedard), the Blackhawks are 13-13-6 before playing at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Chicago is now three points away from the San Jose Sharks for the final wild card spot.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, news surfaced about what type of shoulder injury Bedard is dealing with. It&#8217;s not good for the Blackhawks hopes of making the postseason.<\/p>\n<h2>Chicago Blackhawks C Connor Bedard has separated shoulder<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155638\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-155638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-901x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-901x600.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chicago-blackhawks-6.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 4, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) skates to the bench after scoring a goal during the second period against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>More News:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-blackhawks-worse-injury-news-connor-bedard-mri\">Blackhawks have worse injury news for Connor Bedard amid MRI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per Kevin Weekes of ESPN, Bedard suffered a separated shoulder.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;**Injury Update** <\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0Per sources, I\u2019m told the injury sustained to <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NHLBlackhawks <\/span>young star F Bedard, is a separated shoulder,&#8221; Weekes posted on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">**Injury Update** \ud83d\udea8 \ud83d\ude91 <br \/>Per sources, I\u2019m told the injury sustained to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHLBlackhawks<\/a> young star F Bedard, is<br \/>a separated shoulder.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HockeyX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HockeyX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackhawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blackhawks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkJzlRp4wK\">pic.twitter.com\/HkJzlRp4wK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinWeekes\/status\/2000940465366225145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Chicago placed Bedard on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 12. However, the team does not plan to bring back the third-year center anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill said the team would not reevaluate Bedard until after Jan. 1. Fortunately, Bedard will not need surgery, but he&#8217;s going to be a big miss for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Bedard is the team&#8217;s leader in points (44) with 19 goals and 25 assists. Tyler Bertuzzi is Chicago&#8217;s No. 1 point leader with 26 points coming from 16 goals and 10 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago will play seven more games before the New Year. All seven opponents have winning records. The Blackhawks next 10 opponents have winning records. The next time Chicago will play a team with a losing record will be the St. Louis Blues on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Given the way Chicago handled its business without Bedard on Saturday night, the season is likely lost due to Bedard&#8217;s separated shoulder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156216\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-156216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cb-cov-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 12, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) faces off against St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn (10) during the third period at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>For More Chicago Sports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanSig\">@JordanSig<\/a>,\u00a0and follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiCitySports23\">@ChiCitySports23<\/a>. You can also reach out to Jordan Sigler via email at jordanmsigler@gmail.com. To read more of our articles and keep up to date on the latest in ALL of Chicago sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/\">click here!<\/a> Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks were hanging around the final wild card spot in the Western Conference before Connor Bedard suffered a shoulder injury in Friday night&#8217;s 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. 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