Brendan Connolly
| Brendan Connolly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 5, 1985 Canmore, Alberta, Canada] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| EIHL team Former teams |
Belfast Giants Adirondack Phantoms Texas Stars Abbotsford Heat Alba Volán Székesfehérvár | ||
| 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 Belfast Giants of the UK's EIHL. Connolly was previously with 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]
On 9 August 2017, Connolly signed for EIHL side Belfast Giants, reuniting with his former teammates Ryan Martinelli and Blair Riley in the process.[4]
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
References
- ↑ "Road Warriors acquire J.M. Rizk". Greenville Road Warriors. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ https://eliteleague.co.uk/connolly-excited-to-be-a-giant/
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database