Maggie Connors

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Maggie Connors
File:Maggie Connors 2024.jpg
Connors with the Toronto Sceptres in 2024
Born (2000-10-22) October 22, 2000 (age 25)
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 132 lb (60 kg; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team Toronto Sceptres
Playing career 2024–present

Margaret Joan Connors (born October 22, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played college ice hockey for the Princeton Tigers.

Early life

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Margaret Joan Connors was born October 22, 2000, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, to cardiologists Sean Connors and Susan Fagan.[1][2] She began playing ice hockey at the age of four, first participating in local boys' hockey leagues.[3] When she was ten years old, Connors won a contest to spend a day with members of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, including her childhood idol Natalie Spooner.[4] In 2013, Connors enrolled at Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota, with whom she would win four national ice hockey championships in five seasons. During her final season with Shattuck, Connors recorded 75 points in 50 games.[5]

Playing career

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College

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After leaving Shattuck, Connors joined the Princeton Tigers for the 2018–19 season.[6] Between 2018 and 2023, Connors scored 78 goals with Princeton and recorded 67 assists for 145 points, the 12th-most in program history. In 2020, she was part of the team to win Princeton's first ECAC Hockey tournament title.[7]

Professional

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The Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) selected Connors in the 11th round, 62nd overall, of the 2023 PWHL draft.[3] On October 31, 2023, she signed a two-year contract with Toronto.[8] The only player from Newfoundland and Labrador during the PWHL's inaugural 2023–24 season, Connors recorded six points in 24 regular season games.[9] She also appeared in five playoff games as the Sceptres lost to the Minnesota Frost in the semifinals.[2][9]

On June 18, 2025, Connors signed a one-year contract extension with the Toronto Sceptres.[10]

International play

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Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Russia

Connors won a bronze medal with the Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team at the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Russia.[6] She recorded one goal and three points in six tournament games.[2]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2018–19 Princeton Tigers ECAC 32 26 17 43 12
2019–20 Princeton Tigers ECAC 33 22 25 47 14
2021–22 Princeton Tigers ECAC 31 13 9 22 10
2022–23 Princeton Tigers ECAC 31 17 16 33 16
2023–24 PWHL Toronto PWHL 24 3 3 6 6 5 0 0 0 0
2024–25 Toronto Sceptres PWHL 30 2 0 2 6 4 1 1 2 0
PWHL totals 54 5 3 8 12 9 1 1 2 0

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Canada WU18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 1 2 3 6
Junior totals 6 1 2 3 6

References

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