Monsters sign Connor McDonald to pro tryout contract
Feb 1, 2021The AHL’s Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Monday that the club signed defenseman Connor McDonald to a professional tryout (PTO) contract. In eight appearances for the ECHL’s Indy Fuel this season, Connor posted 0-1-1 with a -3 rating.
A 6’1”, 181 lb. right-shooting native of Westerville, OH, McDonald, 25, tallied 1-4-5 with two penalty minutes and an even rating in 19 ECHL appearances for Indy spanning parts of two seasons from 2019-21. Prior to his professional carrer, McDonald supplied 7-25-32 with 126 penalty minutes and a +40 rating in 161 NCAA appearances for Bowling Green spanning four seasons from 2015-19. In two USHL seasons from 2013-15, McDonald contributed 3-20-23 with 129 penalty minutes and an even rating in 114 appearances for the Chicago Steel and Youngstown Phantoms.