Northeastern University Athletics

Awards:

• Don McKenney Coaches’ Award – Team Award (2025-26)
• Hockey East All-Academic Team (2024-25)
• Hockey East Rookie of the Week (March 24, 2025)
• Rookie of the Year – Team Award (2024-25)

2025-26:

• Appeared in all 36 games
• Finished with a career-high 27 points, third-best mark on the team, from career-highs 13 goals, second-best mark on the team, and 14 assists
• Collected a team-high four game winning goals, third-best mark in Hockey East and tied for 20^th in the NCAA, and two power-play goals, third-best mark on the team
• Recorded a career-high three points (2g, 1a), including the game winner, in the season opener against Holy Cross (10/4) en route to a 6-4 win
• Picked up two assists in the Huskies 4-1 upset over #11/10 Boston College (10/30)
• Tallied the game winning goal in a 3-2 victory over #18/19 Boston University (11/21)
• Scored his second career game-winning playoff goal while adding an assist against ten-seeded New Hampshire (3/11) in the Hockey East Opening Round
• Ended the season on a four-game point streak, tallying two goals and four assists for a 1.5 points per game (2/28-3/14)
• Collected six multi-point outings, 100 shots on goal, second-best on the team, and 19 blocks
• Recorded a season-high seven shots on two occasions against UMass (12/7) and Army (1/2)

2024-25:

• Appeared in all 37 games in his rookie season
• Tallied 17 points from seven goals, 4^th-best mark on the team, and ten assists, leading all NU rookies in each category
• Recorded his first collegiate point with an assist against #1 Denver (10/18)
• Scored his first career goal against Providence (11/8) in addition to the shootout winner
• Collected his first multi-goal game with both goals in a 2-0 shutout over #13 UMass Lowell (2/14)
• Scored the game-winning goal against #1 Boston College (3/15) in the Hockey East quarterfinals
• Collected an assist on NU’s power-play goal against #4 Maine (3/20) in the Hockey East semifinals
• Finished with 103 shots on goal, 3^rd-best mark on the team, and 23 blocked shots
• Recorded a season-high eight shots against Providence (11/8) and a season-high four blocks against #4 Maine (3/20)

Before Northeastern: Skated with the USHL's Muskegon Lumberjacks during the 2023-24 season... Recorded 60 points, tied for fourth most on the roster, in 50 regular-season games with 31 goals, tied for seventh among all league skaters, and 29 assists... Led his team with eight game-winning goals, second-best mark in the league, and four short-handed points (1g, 3a)... Finished third place at the 2023 World Jr. A Challenge with Team USA, recording 10 points (4g, 6a) in six games... Played three season with Avon Old Farms School from 2020-23... Won the 2023 NEPSAC Tournament, tallying 44 points from 21 goals and 23 assists on the season... Represented the United States at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Red Deer, Canada... Played in the 2017 World Selects Invitational with the Pro Hockey Selects U13 in Chamonix, France... Played youth hockey with the Minutemen Flames

Personal: Son of Terry and Kelly Connor... Has one older and one younger brother

NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning | 2024 | Round 7 | Pick 195