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CONNOR RUSSEL

CONNOR RUSSEL

ACCOLADES

2016

  • Played in seven games, going 9-for-29 on faceoffs with four ground balls
  • Won four faceoffs out of 10 in road victory at UMass (3/8)
  • 3-for-6 on faceoffs with a ground ball in 12-8 win vs. Binghamton (4/16)

2015

  • Won 52.8% (102-193) of faceoffs in first eight games of the year, grabbing 57 ground balls
  • Won 14-26 faceoffs (53.8%) with six ground balls in season-opening victory at Drexel (2/21)
  • Career-high 14 ground balls, a caused turnover, an assist and 16-26 on faceoffs (61.5%) in road win over Canisius (3/17)
  • Won 24 of 42 faceoffs (57.1%) with 13 ground balls in win at Harvard (3/25)
  • Won all five faceoff attempts in last game played vs. UMass Lowell (3/28)

2014

  • Primary faceoff specialist for UAlbany, playing in 15 games with eight starts
  • Took 282 faceoffs, winning 131 and grabbing 68 ground balls
  • Four 10-ground balls games, including vs. Vermont (3/29), winning 18 of 28 faceoffs, and at Hartford (4/6), going 16-28 on faceoffs

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Four-year varsity letterwinner in lacrosse, football and hockey at Penfield HS
  • 2012 High School All-American
  • All-county honors all four seasons
  • All-Greater Rochester honors in 2011 and 2012
  • Led Penfield to the Section V Class A championship in 2013
  • Team captain in lacrosse as a senior, captaining hockey team as a junior and senior
  • 70% faceoff success rate and 140 ground balls as a senior
  • Finishing career with a 70% faceoff success rate, 620 ground balls and 30 goals

COACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Coaching Staff member University at Albany
  • Coaching Staff member SUNY Geneseo
  • Coaching Staff member College of Saint Rose
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