Conor Sheary
| Conor Sheary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
June 8, 1992 Melrose, MA, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| NHL Draft | drafted | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Conor Sheary (born June 8, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Undrafted, Sheary played collegiate hockey with the University of Massachusetts of the Hockey East. At the conclusion of his senior season with the Minutemen, Sheary made his professional debut with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL at the tail end of the 2013–14 season, and remained with the club into the post-season to produce 11 points in 15 games.
On July 1, 2015, Sheary was signed to a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL affiliate of Wilkes-Barre, the Pittsburgh Penguins.[1]
In the following 2015–16 season, Sheary was recalled from the AHL to the Pittsburgh Penguins on December 15, 2015 and made his NHL debut on December 16, 2015 in a 3–0 loss against the Boston Bruins.[2][3] On December 18, 2015, he scored his first NHL goal on goaltender Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and registered his first NHL assist in the same game.
On March 13, 2016. Sheary recorded his first multi-goal game, scoring 2 goals against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden against goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. He would then record his first career playoff goal vs Lundqvist on 21 April 2016.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | Cushing Academy | USHS | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Cushing Academy | USHS | 31 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Cushing Academy | USHS | 31 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | UMass-Amherst | HE | 34 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | UMass-Amherst | HE | 36 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | UMass-Amherst | HE | 34 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | UMass-Amherst | HE | 34 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 58 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 60 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 2 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Penguins sign forward Conor Sheary to two-year contract". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ↑ "Penguins Recall Goaltender Matt Murray and Forwards Conor Sheary and Kevin Porter". Pittsburgh Penguins. December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "3 Impressions: Bruins 3, Pens 0". Pittsburgh Penguins. December 16, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database