Connolly spent the last season and a half in the Chicago Blackhawks organization, where he ended up playing just 19 NHL games compared to 37 AHL games for the Rockford IceHogs.
The Chicago Blackhawks are going to buy out two players this summer: Brett Connolly and Henrik Borgstrom. Both Connolly and Borgstrom were acquired in the same trade last April from the Florida Panthers.
The Habs inked Niku to a one-year contract worth $750K back in September after the 25-year-old defender and the Winnipeg Jets mutually agreed to terminate his contract.
The Chicago Blackhawks‘ COVID Protocol list is finally clear. Forwards Kirby Dach and Brett Connolly tested out of protocol this morning. The team also recalled forward Mike Hardman from the AHL Rockford IceHogs.
The Chicago Blackhawks added another name to the COVID Protocol on Saturday. Forward Brett Connolly joins Kirby Dach, Seth Jones, Dylan Strome, and Jake McCabe in the protocol.
Despite the current pause in league activity, let alone the NHL’s withdrawal from the 2022 Winter Olympics, there is still Chicago Blackhawks content to keep fans occupied in the meantime.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Brett Connolly received a four-game suspension from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. The veteran winger’s ban comes as a result of interfering with and injuring Stars’ forward Tanner Kero on Saturday night.
In the ruling, the league also acknowledged Tanner Kero’s injury as a factor but also that Connolly had no prior history of any fines or suspensions.
A few updates from Sunday. On the first of four days off for the Chicago Blackhawks this week, a pair of players were sent down to the AHL and a veteran forward could be sidelined from NHL games for a much different reason.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Brett Connolly will likely be facing discipline for a monstrous hit he delivered on Saturday night. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety called a hearing for Connolly regarding his interference penalty against Tanner Kero of the Stars.
The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced that Connolly will face a hearing Sunday to further evaluate the play in question.
There was a scary situation just three minutes into Saturday night’s game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars. Hawks’ forward Brett Connolly leveled Stars’ forward Tanner Kero with a massive hit that knocked Kero out cold.
It has been 223 days since Brett Connolly dressed for an NHL game. That streak will end when he takes to the ice for the Chicago Blackhawks against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks have opened up a bit of cap space by assigning veteran forward Brett Connolly to the AHL today.
Some news and notes from Tuesday’s practices. The Chicago Blackhawks continue to narrow down their roster as training camp progresses, albeit slowly. First, they assigned goalie Arvid Soderblom to the Rockford IceHogs, bring the training camp roster to 45.
The 29-year-old scored just three goals and six points in 31 games split between the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks last season, a far cry from the consistent 15-20 goals he had recorded each of the previous four years.
One of the NHL’s most efficient shooters for years, Connolly needs to be that guy again. Brett Connolly was one of the best shooters in the NHL for years as a member of the Capitals and at the end of his tenure with the Lightning.
This year's Stanley Cup Final is about more than Alex Ovechkin and Marc-Andre Fleury. Sure, it's primarily about them, and they will rightfully garner the lion's share of attention, but there is plenty of talent on both sides, and no shortage of good individual stories to boot.
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