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Dan Gartland

NHL to Be Without Its Rookie Phenom for Next Month’s All-Star Game

Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard will miss next month’s NHL All-Star Game after undergoing surgery on his jaw. 

The team announced Wednesday that Bedard had surgery to repair a broken jaw and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks. That timeline rules out the possibility that Bedard will be able to play in the All-Star Game in Toronto in three weeks. Bedard had been set to become the youngest player in NHL history to appear in the All-Star Game. The 18-year-old was named to the team last week and will be 58 days younger when the game is played than former Carolina Hurricanes winger Jeff Skinner was when he played in the 2011 All-Star Game. 

Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard has lived up to the hype so far in his rookie season.

Jerome Miron/USA Today Sports

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