Connor Brown
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Connor Brown

Hometown:

Etobicoke Ontario

Currently Playing In:

CHL

Birthday:

1994-01-14

Position:

RW

Eligible for draft:

2012

Shoots:

Right

Drafted:

2012

Height:

5-11

Acquired:

6th round (156th overall), 2012

Weight:

170 lbs.

Probability of Success
  • D

History

2009-10: Brown played for a powerful Toronto Marlboros Minor Midget AAA team that featured seven players who were taken in the 2012 NHL Draft. In 80 games he scored 25 goals with 44 assists and had 16 penalty minutes. Brown was selected by the Erie Otters in the 13th round (251st overall) of the 2010 OHL Priority Draft.

2010-11: Brown skated for the St. Michael's Buzzers in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. In 49 regular season games he scored 17 goals with 22 assists and had 18 penalty minutes. The Buzzers finished fifth in the OJHL South Division and lost in the playoff qualifying round. In three playoff games Brown had 1 assist.

2011-12: Brown was the leading scorer for Erie in his first OHL season on a team that finished with the league's worst record. He played all 68 games for the Otters and had 25 goals with 28 assists and 14 penalty minutes; finishing minus-72 as Erie won ten games . Ranked 110th amongst North American skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings, he was selected by Toronto in the sixth round (156th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.

 

Toronto Maple Leafs heavy in OHL prospects at the junior level

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Stuart Percy - Toronto Maple Leafs

Photo: Stuart Percy is one of several prominent defensive prospects the Maple Leafs have at the CHL level. (Terry Wilson/OHL Images)

The Toronto Maple Leafs junior prospects feature a handful of the organizations top young talent such as Tyler Biggs, Matt Finn, Morgan Rielly, and Stuart Percy. In total the Maple Leafs have eight prospects playing in the Ontario Hockey League, and only two in Rielly (WHL) and Dominic Toninato (USHL) playing in other North American junior leagues. The Maple Leafs have three prospects from the junior level heading to World Junior camps this December.

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Connor Brown named OHL Player of the Week

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Connor Brown - Erie Otters

Photo: Erie Otters captain and Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Connor Brown this past weekend led the Otters to their first back-to-back wins this season (courtesy of Aaron Bell/OHL Images)

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that forward Connor Brown of the Erie Otters is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending November 11 after recording seven points in two games scoring twice with five assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-6.

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Defensive prospects an area of strength for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ system

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Photo: Carter Ashton is just one of a handful of young forwards the Maple Leafs have acquired over the past two years. (Jeanine Leech/Icon SMI)

The additions of defensemen Morgan Rielly and Matt Finn at the 2012 NHL Draft have bolstered what was once a weak point in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ system. They are added to a list of names such as Korbinian Holzer, Jesse Blacker, Stuart Percy, and Petter Granberg that are in the fold currently. Each player offers a different dynamic that should complement the team’s defensive core if they continue to progress in their development.

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