The 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.