Maggie Connors headshot

Maggie Connors

  • Award
    National Rookie of the Month
  • Week Of
    3/6/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Ice Hockey
  • School
    Princeton University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Forward
  • Hometown
    St. John's, N.L.
  • High School
    Shattuck St. Mary's

Connors (St. John’s, N.L.) earns WHCA Rookie of the Month honors after averaging nearly two points per-game during February. 

The forward scored 10 goals this month, pacing the nations rookies and pushing her season total to 26, which also tops the country. She was especially dynamic on special teams, as five of her 10 goals came on the power-play.

Connors had five multi-point outings in the teams eight games, helping the Tigers go 4-1 in games in which she recorded a point. Her best game of the month came on February 8 at Brown, when she became the first Princeton player in over 12 years to record five points in a game, scoring four goals and dishing out an assist in an 8-2 win.