Brett Connolly was born on May 2,1992 and is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract with HC Lugano of the National League.
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30 Facts About Brett Connolly
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Internationally, Brett Connolly has represented Canada at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, 2011 IIHF U20 Championships and 2012 IIHF U20 Championships.
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Brett Connolly was named the winner of the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as WHL rookie of the year.
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Brett Connolly played in just 12 of the Cougars' first 46 games and was sidelined from December 2009 before returning for the last four contests of the regular season.
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Brett Connolly was named to play in the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game, but did not participate.
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Brett Connolly was listed as the sixth-best player amongst North American skaters for the draft in the International Scouting Services' midterm rankings and finished the season 13th among all skaters.
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Brett Connolly compared himself to Columbus Blue Jackets power forward Rick Nash.
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Brett Connolly was selected sixth overall in the draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Brett Connolly made the Lightning's NHL roster in October 2011 out of training camp.
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Brett Connolly finished his rookie NHL season with 68 games played and 15 points scored.
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Brett Connolly ranked second on the Syracuse roster in both goals and points, and third for assists with 30.
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Brett Connolly's demotion was in large part due to the impressive play of rookies Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Richard Panik, who as a line had posted five goals and ten points in four pre-season games; the line was expected to serve as Tampa's third line, thereby relegating Brett Connolly to limited fourth line minutes.
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Brett Connolly finished his NHL season with 11 games played and one goal scored while playing in 66 AHL games, scoring 21 goals and 57 points, leading the Crunch in the latter statistic.
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On March 2,2015, at the NHL trade deadline, Brett Connolly was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for two second-round draft picks in 2015 and 2016.
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On July 6,2015, Brett Connolly agreed to re-sign with the Bruins on a one-year contract as a restricted free agent.
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On July 1,2016, Brett Connolly signed to a one-year contract as a free agent with the Washington Capitals.
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Brett Connolly appeared in all 24 playoff games for the Capitals in 2018 while scoring six goals and three assists, including the primary assist on Lars Eller's Stanley Cup-winning goal with 7:37 left in the third period of Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.
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On July 1,2019, having left the Capitals as a free agent after three seasons, Brett Connolly was signed to a four-year, $14 million contract by the Florida Panthers.
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Brett Connolly was scoreless in 4 qualifying playoff games, in a series defeat to the New York Islanders.
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Brett Connolly made 10 appearances to close out the season with the Blackhawks, registering 2 points.
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Brett Connolly made just 9 appearances throughout the season with the Blackhawks, unable to register a goal.
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Brett Connolly finished with 17 goals in 37 regular season games with the IceHogs.
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On July 11,2022, Brett Connolly was placed on unconditional waivers by the Blackhawks for the purpose of buying out the remaining year on his contract, he was released as a free agent the following day.
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In leaving the NHL and North America after 11 seasons, Brett Connolly embarked on a European career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Swiss club, HC Lugano of the NL, on September 5,2022.
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Brett Connolly made his international debut with Hockey Canada, representing Team Pacific at the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
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Brett Connolly scored six points in six games as Canada placed fourth.
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Brett Connolly remained with the national under-18 team for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August 2009.
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Brett Connolly recorded one goal over four games, as Canada finished in fourth place for the second consecutive year.
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Brett Connolly recorded three assists over seven games, as Canada won silver.
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