Leafs Sign Tim Connolly
Saturday, 02.07.2011 / 4:24 PM
/ Press Releases
Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Burke, President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Saturday that the hockey club has signed unrestricted free agent centreman Tim Connolly to a two year contract.
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Connolly, 30, had 42 points (13g, 29a) in 68 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2010-11. Six of those goals came on the powerplay this past season. He scored three game-winning goals and placed sixth in team scoring in 2010-11.
In 627 career NHL games with the New York Islanders and Sabres, he recorded 118 goals and 277 assists for 395 points. He’s a veteran of 36 career NHL playoff games (5g, 18a) after recording two assists in six playoff games for Buffalo in 2011.
Connolly was the first-round selection, taken fifth overall by the Islanders, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.




