Brett Connolly

Hockey Player

Brett Connolly was born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada on May 2nd, 1992 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 31, Brett Connolly biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
May 2, 1992
Nationality
Canada
Place of Birth
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Age
31 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Profession
Ice Hockey Player
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Brett Connolly Life

Brett Connolly (born May 2, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He was named Western Hockey League (WHL) and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Rookie of the Year in 2008-09 during his major junior career with the Prince George Cougars.

He was voted sixth overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, and he joined the team in 2011–12.

He was later traded to the Boston Bruins, after which he was moved to the Washington Capitals prior to the 2016–17 season.

Connolly with the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018. Connolly has competed for Canada at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, 2011 IIHF U20 Championships, and the 2012 IIHF U20 Championships in Ottawa, Canada.

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Brett Connolly Career

Playing career

Connolly was born in Prince George, British Columbia, and was selected by his hometown Prince George Cougars as their first pick, tenth overall, in the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft. He was a big midget for the Caribou Cougars in Prince George as a teenager, as well as several WHL games. In 2008–09, he played for the WHL Cougars full time, scoring 30 goals and 30 assists in 65 games. He became the first 16-year-old to score 30 goals in the WHL since Patrick Marleau achieved the feat in 1995–96. He was voted the winner of the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the year's youngest rookie. The award made him one of three finalists for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Rookie of the Year; he defeated Dmitri Kulikov and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Evgeny Grachyov for the national award.

Conolly's second full WHL season was marred by hip injuries. He appeared in just 12 of the Cougars' first 46 games and was suspended from December 2009 until returning to the last four games of the regular season. He was selected to play in the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game, but did not attend. He had 19 points in 16 games.

Connolly was highly ranked in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He was named as the sixth best player among North American skaters for the draft by the International Scouting Services' midterm rankings and finished the season 13th among all skaters. In their midterm rankings, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked him fourth overall among North American skaters before moving him to fourth place in the final rankings. He was ranked fourth overall on the Hockey News' list at the end of the year list. Scouts characterized Connolly as a natural leader with excellent on-ice knowledge who plays in the style of a power forward. Connolly likes Columbus Blue Jackets power forward Rick Nash. The Tampa Bay Lightning selected Connolly sixth overall in the draft.

Connolly's first NHL training camp was held in September 2010, and the Cougars welcomed him back to the Cougars to continue to grow at the major junior level for the 2010-11 season. He was named captain of the Cougars and spent 73 points in 59 games, leading his team in scoring.

In October 2011, Connolly made the Lightning's NHL roster right after school, out of training camp. He scored his first NHL goal against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes on November 1 for his first career NHL appearance. However, his first professional season was cut short when he was loaned to Team Canada for his second straight appearance at the IIHF World U20 Championships.

Prince George converted Connolly's WHL rights to the Tri-City Americans in exchange for a bantam draft pick and two conditional draft picks, but Connolly's WHL status was never fulfilled on January 10, 2012. Connolly played in his rookie NHL season with 68 games played and 15 points scored (four goals and 11 assists).

During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, the Tampa Bay Lightning assigned Connolly and 17 others to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL). Connolly was recalled from the Crunch on April 4, 2013. He appeared in 67 games, scoring 27 goals and 57 points to go along with a +15 plus-minus rating and 51 penalty minutes. He came in second on the Syracuse roster in both goals and points, and third for assists with 30 points. The Lightning recalled Connolly back to the AHL after a five-game stretch in which he scored one goal. Connolly will then stay with Syracuse, where he helped the Crunch reach the Calder Cup Final against the Grand Rapids Griffins, but the team will be disqualified in the six-game competition.

Connolly had a good training camp with the Lightning in preparation for the forthcoming 2013–14 season, scoring four goals during the pre-season. However, Connolly was sent by Tampa Bay to Syracuse on September 29 as the team's finalized its NHL roster. Connolly's demotion was due in large part to rookies Tyler Johnson, Ondej Palát, and Richard Pánik, who as a line had scored five goals and ten points in four pre-season games; the line was due to serve as Tampa's third line minutes, effectively relegating Connolly to limited fourth line minutes. "I don't want Brett playing on the fourth line," Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman said after demotion. I want him to play a lot of minutes, [to Syracuse] and be our top guy, be a coach, and carry the team if necessary. That's another step for him. There is no way to hold him for any length of time."

The Lightning recalled Connolly from Syracuse on October 17, but the team was reassigned on October 20 after playing in one game with the team until being recalled on October 20. Connolly, where he played in six games, was recalled on October 31, scoring a game-winning goal against the St. Louis Blues on November 2 before being demoted again on November 22. Connolly was selected to the 2014 AHL All-Stars roster. While playing in 66 AHL games and scoring 21 goals and 57 points, he finished his NHL season with 11 games played and one goal scored, leading the Crunch in the latter category.

The Lightning re-signed Connolly to a one-year, two-way contract on July 10, 2014. Connolly played in the first period against the Winnipeg Jets on October 24, but he would miss the remainder of the game due to a lower body injury. Connolly returned to the lineup against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 20 after being out for nearly a month. Connolly lost 3–1 by the Columbus Blue Jackets in his 100th appearance in the NHL on December 6, defeating them in 3–1 Lightning defeat.

Connolly was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for two second-round draft picks in 2015 and 2016. In his second skate with the Bruins on March 4, he fractured his hand. Connolly made his Bruins debut on April 3, recording two assists in Boston's 3–2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

Connolly decided to re-sign with the Bruins as a restricted free agent on July 6, 2015.

Connolly, who was not granted a Boston contract, was unable to live up to his draft hopes with the Lightning and Bruins. Connolly committed to a one-year contract as a free agent with the Washington Capitals on July 1, 2016. He signed a two-year deal extension with the Capitals on July 1, 2017.

Connolly scored a career-high 15 goals in his first season with Washington, despite appearing in 68 games. He tied for his career best in goals in 2017-2018-1918 while also posting a career-best 27 points. In Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals, he appeared in all 24 playoff games for the Capitals, including the primary assist on Lars Eller's Stanley Cup-winning goal with 7:37 left.

Connolly, who had left the Capitals as a free agent after three seasons, has been given a four-year, $14 million contract by the Florida Panthers on July 1, 2019. Connolly scored 19 goals and 33 points in his first year with the Panthers in the 2019-2020 season. In a series loss to the New York Islanders, he was scoreless in four qualifying playoff games.

Connolly struggled to repeat his offensive numbers in the following pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, scoring just 2 goals and 4 points in 21 games before being released on waivers by the Panthers and drafted to the taxi squad.

Connolly was traded by the Panthers alongside Riley Stillman, the rights to Henrik Borgström, and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick in exchange for Lucas Carlsson and Lucas Wallmark on April 8, 2021. He made ten appearances with the Blackhawks to close out the season, totaling 2 points.

Connolly was placed on waivers and re-assigned to begin the year with AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, in the following 2021-2022 season. Connolly made nine appearances with the Blackhawks this season, but he was unable to register a goal. In 37 regular season games with the IceHogs, he scored 17 goals.

Connolly was released as a free agent on the following day and was placed on unconditional waivers by the Blackhawks for the sole purpose of purchasing out the remaining year on his contract.

Connolly started a European career after deciding on a one-year deal with Swiss club HC Lugano of the Netherlands on September 5, 2022.

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