Red Wings sign Westland native Chris Conner to 1-year deal

**Admin** Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:28 pm

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced that the club has signed free agent forward Chris Conner to a one-year contract. In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

Conner has registered 16G-24A-40P in 139 career NHL games as a member of the Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins. The 27-year-old native of Westland , Mich. originally began his professional hockey career in 2006 with the Iowa Stars (AHL) after spending four seasons with the Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA) during which he tallied 69G-60A-129P in 151 games played. Conner has recorded 72G-102A-174P in 218 appearances at the AHL level with Iowa , Peoria and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Chris Conner

Right Wing

Born Dec 23 1983 -- Westland, MI

Height 5.08 -- Weight 175 -- Shoots L

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

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2000-01 Chicago Freeze NAHL 56 17 28 45 18

2001-02 Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 19 4 9 13 23

2001-02 Chicago Freeze NAHL 30 18 15 33 30

2002-03 Michigan Tech WCHA 38 13 24 37 8

2003-04 Michigan Tech WCHA 38 25 14 39 12

2004-05 Michigan Tech WCHA 37 14 10 24 6

2005-06 Michigan Tech WCHA 38 17 12 29 18

2005-06 Iowa Stars AHL 15 2 3 5 0 7 1 1 2 2

2006-07 Iowa Stars AHL 48 19 18 37 24 12 2 5 7 2

2006-07 Dallas Stars NHL 11 1 2 3 4 -- -- -- -- --

2007-08 Iowa Stars AHL 55 13 26 39 17 -- -- -- -- --

2007-08 Dallas Stars NHL 22 3 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 0

2008-09 Dallas Stars NHL 38 3 10 13 10 -- -- -- -- --

2008-09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 30 16 12 28 10 -- -- -- -- --

2009-10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 59 19 37 56 21 4 2 2 4 2

2009-10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

2010-11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 11 3 6 9 2 -- -- -- -- --

2010-11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60 7 9 16 10 7 1 0 1 0

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NHL Totals 139 16 24 40 30 9 1 0 1 0