Conor Sheary

Conor Sheary
Date of birth	June 8, 1992
place of birth	Winchester , Massachusetts , USA
size	173 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 43
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2010	Cushing Academy
2010-2014	University of Massachusetts Amherst
2014-2015	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2015-2018	Pittsburgh Penguins
2018-2020	Buffalo Sabers
since 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins

Conor Sheary (born June 8, 1992 in Winchester , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League since February 2020 and plays for them in the position of left winger . He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in the 2016 and 2017 playoffs , before spending almost two years with the Buffalo Sabers .

Career

Conor Sheary played for the boarding school ice hockey team at Cushing Academy when he was in school . There he was one of the strongest attacking players on his team in his last two years. From 2010 to 2014 he played for the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Hockey East . In the first two years he was eliminated with his team in the first round of the Hockey East Playoffs . In the last two seasons, his team could not qualify for the playoffs. In March 2014, Sheary signed an amateur trial contract with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League . He played two games in the regular season and 15 in the playoffs.

For the 2014/15 season Sheary received a professional contract from the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins. The season was successful for him and he was the top scorer of his team. In July 2015, Sheary received an entry level contract from the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League . He started the season initially in the AHL, but was appointed to the NHL squad in December 2015. On December 16, 2015, he made his NHL debut against the Boston Bruins . Two days later, the Penguins played again against the Bruins and Sheary he scored his first goal and booked an assist. After he was sent back to the AHL in the meantime, Sheary earned himself a regular place in the NHL squad at the end of the regular season. In the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs , he mostly played in a row with Sidney Crosby and Patric Hörnqvist . In the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, he scored two goals against the New York Rangers and scored in the first two games of the final series against the San Jose Sharks . After six games against the Sharks, Sheary finally won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh and repeated this success the following year. After another year in Pittsburgh, Sheary was handed over to the Buffalo Sabers in June 2018 together with Matt Hunwick in exchange for a conditional four-round vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft .

Sheary was active in Buffalo for about a year and a half before returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Evan Rodrigues for the trade deadline in February 2020 . In return, Dominik Kahun switched to the Sabers.

Achievements and Awards

• 2016 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins
• 2017 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2007/08	Cushing Academy	USHS		29	2	2	4th
2008/09	Cushing Academy	USHS		31	16	27	43
2009/10	Cushing Academy	USHS		31	30th	41	71
2010/11	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Hockey East		34	6th	8th	14th	12	-5
2011/12	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Hockey East		36	12	23	35	10	15th
2012/13	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Hockey East		34	11	16	27	29	–6
2013/14	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Hockey East		34	9	19th	28	2	-4
2013/14	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		2	0	0	0	0	0		15th	6th	5	11	0	4th
2014/15	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		58	20th	25th	45	8th	0		8th	5	7th	12	2	-1
2015/16	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		30th	7th	29	36	4th	8th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		44	7th	3	10	8th	-1		23	4th	6th	10	8th	-1
2016/17	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		61	23	30th	53	22nd	+24		22nd	2	5	7th	4th	-5
2017/18	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		79	18th	12	30th	10	+2		12	0	2	2	2	-2
2018/19	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		78	14th	20th	34	12	-18		-	-	-	-	-	-
US high school total				91	48	70	118
NCAA overall				138	38	66	104	53	0
AHL total				90	27	54	81	12	8th		23	11	12	23	2	3
NHL overall				262	62	65	127	52	+7		57	6th	13	19th	14th	-8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Conor Sheary  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Pittsburgh Penguins website
• Conor Sheary at eliteprospects.com (English)