Brendan Connolly

Brendan Connolly
Born (1985-09-05) 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 2009present

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
2002–03Canmore EaglesAJHL35481274
2002–03Brooks BanditsAJHL1726865
2003–04Brooks BanditsAJHL56172239199
2004–05Brooks BanditsAJHL58315384210
2005–06Ferris State UniversityCCHA3616750
2006–07Ferris State UniversityCCHA3811112255
2007–08Ferris State UniversityCCHA3813112472
2008–09Ferris State UniversityCCHA35101828109
2008–09Elmira JackalsECHL12761310822410
2009–10Elmira JackalsECHL551214268152358
2010–11Greenville Road WarriorsECHL452228507610731024
2010–11Adirondack PhantomsAHL30002
2011–12Greenville Road WarriorsECHL40243256143311216
2011–12Texas StarsAHL120227
2012–13Greenville Road WarriorsECHL6524366011350116
2013–14Alaska AcesECHL51222749109 19 3 16 19 36
2013–14Abbotsford HeatAHL61120
2014–15Alaska AcesECHL62314677112
ECHL totals 330 142 189 331 644 50 152641100
AHL totals 211349

Awards and honours

References

  1. "Road Warriors acquire J.M. Rizk". Greenville Road Warriors. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  2. "Brendan Connolly arriving". Alaska Aces. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. "Recent Canadian signing" (in Hungarian). Alba Volán Székesfehérvár. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.

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