Player's Profile
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- Name: Connor Brickley
- Position: C
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 195 lbs
- Birthdate: 1992-02-25
- Eligible for Draft: 2010
- Drafted: 2010
- Hometown: Everett, Massachusetts
- Acquired: 2nd round (50th overall), 2010
- Playing In: NCAA
Connor Brickley
Prospect Grade: 6.0 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2008-09: Brickley scored 17 goals with 18 assists and 60 PIM in 30 games for Boston's Belmont Hill School.
2009-10: Rookie with the USHL's Des Moines Buccaneers. In 52 games for the Buccanneers, Brickley scored 22 goals and added 21 assists for 43 points. He also totaled 68 penalty minutes on the season. Played in the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Tournament. Brickley also was selected for the 2010 USHL All-Star Game, and played for Team USA at the Under-18 World Junior Championships. He is the nephew of former NHL player, Andy Brickley.
2010-11: Brickley appeared in 35 games as a freshman for the University of Vermont (Hockey East). On a team that struggled to score goals, he had 4 goals with 9 assists and was -8 with 33 PMs. The Catamounts had just six wins but seven ties in Hockey East play and finished seventh in the ten-team conference.
Talent Analysis
Brickley is a two-way player. He plays bigger than his size, but he needs to get much stronger on the puck and on his skates. Brickley possesses the requisite skills necessary to play at the pro level but is still raw in terms of physical development and tactical play. Brickley comes from a hockey family. His father Craig played college hockey at the University of Pennsylvania and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings and he is a second cousin of former NHL player Andy Brickley.
Future
Brickley will return to the University of Vermont and continue to develop his game. He has played this summer for the US Junior team at their development camp, and survived the cuts, which will certainly increase his chances of making the team for the World Junior Championship games this winter. Like several of the 2010 draftees for the Panthers, Brickley projects as a two-way forward that can play the physical game while chipping in with timely offense and could become a meaningful presence in bottom-line role at the NHL level.
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Profile Last Updated: October, 12th 2011
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