Chris Connolly (ice hockey)

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Chris Connolly
Born (1987-07-23) July 23, 1987 (age 36)
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		Free Agent
Tappara
Leksands IF
Iserlohn Roosters
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present

Chris Connolly (born July 23, 1987) is a professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His younger brother Jack also plays professionally.

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Undrafted, Connolly played collegiate hockey for Boston University, he was a standout skater with the Terriers and served as a co-captain in 2010–11 and lone Captain in 2011–12 [1] before opting to pursue a professional career abroad in Finland with Liiga club, Tappara.

In his second season with Tappara in the 2013–14 season, Connolly opted for a mid-season transfer to German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After scoring 20 points in 28 games with the Roosters, he left as a free agent and joined his brother Jack in signing with Swedish club Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League on April 23, 2014. [2]

For the second consecutive year, Connolly joined the Roosters during the season after appearing in only 5 games with Leksands on October 8, 2014.

Connolly joined the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team as assistant head coach in 2016. [3] However, he resigned in September 2017 to take a sales position in Minneapolis–Saint Paul where his wife and daughter live. [4]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 2008–09
All-Hockey East Second Team 2011–12

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References

  1. ↑ "CHRIS CONNOLLY". goterriers.com. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Connolly brothers and Himelfarb ready for Leksands" (in Swedish). Leksands IF. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  3. ↑ "CONNOLLY TO JOIN UMD WOMEN'S HOCKEY STAFF". umdbulldogs.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wellens, Matt (September 19, 2017). "College women's hockey: Connolly resigns as Bulldogs assistant coach". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
2011–12 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hockey East Best Defensive Forward
2011–12 		Succeeded by
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