CHICAGO – How do ya like them apples?

It’s a question that was appropriate for Connor Bedard on Monday. While the Chicago Blackhawks center practiced at Fifth Third Arena, the social media team adorned the Bedard’s locker-room stall with 100 plastic apples.

It was in honor of Bedard, at 20 years, 127 days, becoming the youngest player in Blackhawks history to reach 100 assists when he had two in Chicago’s 9-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. Eddie Olczyk was the youngest prior to that, at 20 years, 141 days on Jan. 4, 1987.

“It’s good. I had no clue what it was at first, I thought it was some Christmas prank. Then I figured it out,” Bedard said. “It’s cool.”

Bedard, who now has 101 career assists in 172 games, is also the third-youngest active player to hit the 100-assist mar

See Full Page