Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill smashes referees after odd Connor Bedard penalty

The Chicago Blackhawks are coming off a disappointing 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. In the game, Connor Bedard took an unsportsmanlike penalty . After the game, head coach Jeff Blashill laid into the referees over the call that led to the penalty. Expand Tweet

“It's a penalty… When you don't have position on a guy, and you put your stick in there and you hit his glove — yes he got the stick after, but the first contact was on his glove — it's a penalty,” said Blashill about the lack of a call for Bedard, according to Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.

In the third period of the game with the Kraken, Bedard had a breakaway. He was seemingly hooked by Ryan Lindgren of the Kraken. There was no call on the play, and momentum brought Bedard directly in front of th