Shoots Left Height 1.75 m Siblings Jack Connolly Role Ice hockey | Name Chris Connolly Positions Forward NHL Draft Undrafted Weight 77 kg | |
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Born July 23, 1987 (age 36)
Duluth, Minnesota, USA ( 1987-07-23 ) DEL team
Former teams Iserlohn Roosters
Tappara
Leksands IF | ||
Chris Connolly (born July 23, 1987) is a professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His younger brother Jack also plays professionally.
Undrafted, Connolly played collegiate hockey for Boston University, he was a standout skater with the Terriers and served as a co-captain in 2010–11 and lone Captain in 2011–12 before opting to pursue a professional career abroad in Finland with Liiga club, Tappara.
In his second season with Tappara in the 2013–14 season, Connolly opted for a mid-season transfer to German club, Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After scoring 20 points in 28 games with the Roosters, he left as a free agent and joined his brother Jack in signing with Swedish club Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League on April 23, 2014.
For the second consecutive year, Connolly joined the Roosters during the season after appearing in only 5 games with Leksands on October 8, 2014.