Bill Brasky
02-02-2006, 10:01 PM
For someone who is admittedly superstitious, Tim Connolly (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1941) has had his share of bad luck.
In the last seven seasons, Connolly has had a broken leg, a serious concussion and now, in the middle of his most productive NHL season, the 24-year-old Sabres center finds himself nursing a knee injury, courtesy of a controversial hit from the Rangers' Darius Kasparaitis (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=293).
In this edition of Facing Off, Connolly speaks candidly about shaking off the injury bug and getting drafted by the NHL's most fickle GM.
Question from David Amber: As an 18-year-old, you made the jump straight from Junior to the NHL. What was that first training camp like for you?
Answer from Connolly: I was pretty nervous. I was only 18 years old. A few months earlier, I had broken my leg and had surgery, I had a rod put in my tibia, so I wasn't feeling 100 percent until right around when camp got started. But I was excited at the same time. I knew the Islanders were looking for some young guys to step up and I had a legitimate chance of making the team and that's what ended up happening.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=amber_david&id=2316640
In the last seven seasons, Connolly has had a broken leg, a serious concussion and now, in the middle of his most productive NHL season, the 24-year-old Sabres center finds himself nursing a knee injury, courtesy of a controversial hit from the Rangers' Darius Kasparaitis (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=293).
In this edition of Facing Off, Connolly speaks candidly about shaking off the injury bug and getting drafted by the NHL's most fickle GM.
Question from David Amber: As an 18-year-old, you made the jump straight from Junior to the NHL. What was that first training camp like for you?
Answer from Connolly: I was pretty nervous. I was only 18 years old. A few months earlier, I had broken my leg and had surgery, I had a rod put in my tibia, so I wasn't feeling 100 percent until right around when camp got started. But I was excited at the same time. I knew the Islanders were looking for some young guys to step up and I had a legitimate chance of making the team and that's what ended up happening.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=amber_david&id=2316640