Brendan Connolly
| Brendan Connolly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 5, 1985 Canmore, AB, CAN | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| EBEL team Former teams |
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Adirondack Phantoms Texas Stars Abbotsford Heat | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Brendan Connolly (born September 5, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).
Playing career
Connolly played 4 years in the AJHL for the Canmore Eagles and the Brooks Bandits. For the 2008-09 season he joined the men's ice hockey team at Ferris State University where he played in NCAA Division 1 competition in the CCHA.
Upon completion of his fourth year at Ferris State Connolly signed with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL and played 2 seasons for them before moving on to the Greenville Road Warriors for the 2010-11 season. During 2010-11 Connolly saw his first AHL action being loaned to the Adirondack Phantoms who he played 3 games for.
At the conclusion of the 2010-11 season Connolly re-signed with the Road Warriors for 2011-12 during which he was loaned up to the AHL again, this time to the Texas Stars where he played 12 games.
Connolly re-signed in Greenville again at the end of the 2011-12 season and played the full 2012-13 season with the Road Warriors.
In September 2013 it was announced that Connolly had been traded to the Alaska Aces for the rights to Jean-Michel Rizk.[1][2]
After two productive seasons with the Aces, Connolly opted to pursue a European career, signing a one-year contract with Hungarian club, Alba Volán Székesfehérvár, who compete in the Austrian Hockey League on June 25, 2015.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Canmore Eagles | AJHL | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Brooks Bandits | AJHL | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Brooks Bandits | AJHL | 56 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Brooks Bandits | AJHL | 58 | 31 | 53 | 84 | 210 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Ferris State University | CCHA | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Ferris State University | CCHA | 38 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ferris State University | CCHA | 38 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Ferris State University | CCHA | 35 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 55 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2010–11 | Greenville Road Warriors | ECHL | 45 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 76 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | ||
| 2010–11 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Greenville Road Warriors | ECHL | 40 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 143 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 2011–12 | Texas Stars | AHL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Greenville Road Warriors | ECHL | 65 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Alaska Aces | ECHL | 51 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 109 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 36 | ||
| 2013–14 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Alaska Aces | ECHL | 62 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| ECHL totals | 330 | 142 | 189 | 331 | 644 | 50 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 100 | ||||
| AHL totals | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honours
- ECHL Reebok Plus Performer Award (+28) (2010–11)
- ECHL Player of the Month (November) (2010–11)
- ECHL All-Star Game (2011 ECHL All-Star Game)
References
- ↑ "Road Warriors acquire J.M. Rizk". Greenville Road Warriors. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ↑ "Brendan Connolly arriving". Alaska Aces. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ↑ "Recent Canadian signing" (in Hungarian). Alba Volán Székesfehérvár. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
External links
- Brendan Connolly's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Brendan Connolly's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database