12 Chris Connolly

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Duluth, Minn.
	Height / Weight: 5-9 / 170

	Position: F
	Birthdate: 07/23/1987
	Last Team: Omaha Lancers (USHL)

05/13/2012

BU Athletic Hall of Fame Inducts Six New Members

Three men, three women make up Class of 2012

05/11/2012

Watch BU Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony Live Saturday

Coverage to start at 4:40 p.m.

04/23/2012

Megan Named 2012-13 Captain; Millan Earns 2011-12 Team MVP Honors

Annual banquet held on Saturday at GSU

04/11/2012

Special Awards Recipients Announced for BU Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony

Honorees include a Red Sox executive, well-known broadcaster and high school coach

03/27/2012

Clendening, Connolly Earn All-New England Honors

Clendening named All-New England All-Star; Connolly tabbed Best Defensive Forward

Connolly Photo Gallery

BU All-Access Interview - Nov. 4, 2010

AS A SENIOR IN 2011-12
Remained the lone captain for the 2011-12 season ... Has played in 37 games ... Earned Hockey East Best Defensive Forward honors and won Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award ... Named Hockey East Second Team All-Star ... Is currently on a six-game point streak dating back to March 2 (3g, 7a) ... Notched a career-high four points (1g, 3a) on March 3 ... Scored a goal and added two assists on Feb. 17 ... Scored two goals and added an assist on Feb. 3 and also on Jan. 14 ... Compiled an eight-game point streak from Jan. 6 to Feb. 3 (4g, 9a) ... Recorded five assists in three games from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19 ... Registered two assists on Nov. 13 in a 5-0 victory over Boston College ... Got an assist on Oct. 14 against Providence ... Recorded two assists in a 5-0 win over New Hampshire on Oct. 8.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2010-11
Served as co-captain along with Joe Pereira ... Semifinalist for Walter Brown Award, given annually to top U.S. college hockey player in New England ... Finished tied for second on the team in points with 28 on 10 goals and 18 assists ... Put up 12 points (5g, 7a) in the first 10 games ... Named Hockey East Player of the Week on Nov. 1 after tallying two goals and an assist in weekend sweep of UMass Lowell ... Missed the five games of the first semester due to a broken finger ... Recorded pair of goals in 5-2 win over Harvard on Jan. 15 ... Earned two assists in season-opening victory over No. 13 Wisconsin at Ice Breaker on Oct. 8 ... Five-time Hockey East Top Performer (10/18, 11/8, 11/15, 1/3, 1/17)

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009-10
Appeared in 34 games, missing two contests in November due to a left shoulder injury ... Finished second on the team in scoring with 31 points on 10 goals and 21 assists ... Also ranked second in plus/minus at plus-8 ... Tallied 24 points (7g, 17a) in conference play ... Posted five goals and three assists in five-game point streak from Nov. 8-28 ... Named Hockey East Co-Player of the Week after tallying four points in two games against Merrimack, including two goals and an assist in 6-4 win on Nov. 14 ... Scored the overtime game-winner in 6-5 win at Harvard on Nov. 24 ... Netted the game-tying goal in 3-3 draw with Cornell on Nov. 28 in New York ... Tabbed GoTerriers.com Student-Athlete of the Week on Dec. 1 ... Registered five points (2g, 3a) in four-game point streak from Jan. 16-29 ... Scored the game-winning goal in 6-4 win over Merrimack on Jan. 16 ... Assisted on two goals, including Colby Cohen's overtime game-winner, in 5-4 win at Boston College on Jan. 22 ... Credited with a career-best three assists at Providence on Feb. 19 ... Earned four selections to Hockey East Top Performer list (11/30, 1/25, 3/1, 3/8).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09
Hockey East All-Rookie Team ... Ranked third among league rookies in points (30) ... One of seven Terriers to have played in all 45 games ... Netted the opening goal against Miami in the national title game and assisted on Colby Cohen's game-winner in overtime ... Recorded Terriers' first penalty-shot goal in over six years in 3-1 win at BC on Dec. 6 ... Tallied two goals in 4-1 home win over Maine on Jan. 10 ... Named runner-up for Hockey East Rookie of the Month in January ... Named Hockey East Rookie of the Week on Dec. 8 ... Selected to Hockey East Top Perfomer list four times (10/27, 1/12, 1/26, 3/2).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Helped Omaha Lancers claim the 2008 USHL Clark Cup title, scoring a team-high 26 goals and finishing second on the team and 14th in the league in points with 55 ... Played in 2008 USHL All-Star Game ... Spent two seasons (2005-06, 2006-07) with the Fargo-Moorhead Jets of the NAHL, totaling 135 points (37g, 98a) in 118 games ... All-state and all-conference selection at Marshall College Prep, where he served as captain for the hockey and soccer teams.

PERSONAL
Son of Judy and Mark Connolly of Duluth, Minn. ... His younger brother, Jack, is a senior on the Minnesota-Duluth hockey team ... Enrolled in the Metropolitan College, majoring in history ... Born on July 23, 1987.