{"id":18860,"date":"2025-03-27T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:19:06","slug":"breaking-news-blackhawks-coach-explains-reaction-to-controversial-no-call-on-connor-bedard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18860","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Blackhawks Coach Explains Reaction to Controversial No-Call on Connor Bedard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"cmsg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEzNzc2NTM1ODM5MTIzMjkz\/usatsi_25775809.jpg\" alt=\"Blackhawks Coach Explains Reaction to Controversial No-Call on Connor Bedard  - Athlon Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks\u00a0interim head coach Anders Sorensen defended his decision against arguing a no-call on forward Connor Bedard on Wednesday&#8217;s game against the\u00a0New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Sorensen, instead of calling out the referees on the ice, decided to remain composed behind the bench as the play unfolded and eventually led to a game-changing, goal-scoring power play for the Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Midway through the second period, Bedard got tangled up with Devils defenseman Simon Nemec. No penalty was called despite contact that left Bedard tangled and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Landon Slaggert\u00a0stepped in\u00a0to defend his teammate and was given a roughing penalty \u2014 the only infraction on the sequence.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils\u00a0scored on the ensuing power play\u00a0to make it 4\u20132, and the Blackhawks never recovered in what became a 5\u20133 loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anders Sorensen on the explanation of the Bedard-Nemec-Slaggert incident eventually leading to the Devils 4-2 PPG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ERkHeXCrEi\">pic.twitter.com\/ERkHeXCrEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHGO Blackhawks (@CHGO_Blackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHGO_Blackhawks\/status\/1905085122069536825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0asked\u00a0postgame why he didn\u2019t react more vocally, Sorensen offered a blunt explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t know what to gain out of it,\u201d Sorensen said. \u201cThey\u2019ve made their call; they\u2019re probably not going to change it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can try to talk to them in TV timeouts to get an explanation that way instead. Coming across yelling is probably not going to help the situation, right? Try to build a relationship and talk to them\u2014I think that will go a longer way down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL SCORING CHANGE: Game 1,140<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJDevils?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJDevils<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NHLBlackhawks<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Goal at 6:50 of the first period now reads Dawson Mercer from Luke Hughes and Nico Hischier. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLStats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPR\/status\/1905120424146383077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even the goal scored by the Devils during that man-advantage situation also came with its own controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL rectified the scoring on the play, giving the tally to Dawson Mercer after the league assigned the goal to Timo Meier on the ice<\/p>\n<p>Although the Hawks tied the game earlier in the second period, Ryan Donato\u2019s goal was\u00a0overturned\u00a0for a high stick, bringing he score back to 3-2 in favor of the Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Nazar cut the deficit to one with under three minutes left, making it 4-3, but the Devils sealed it with an empty-netter scored by Stefan Noesen just 13 seconds from the final horn.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago remains second-to-last in the NHL standings with 51 points, a 21-42-9 record, and 13.5% odds of landing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NHL draft,\u00a0according to Tankathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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