2016-17 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
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Clifton, Connor
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Jersey Number 4
Connor Clifton
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Matawan, NJ
- Previous Team:
- U.S. National Developmental Team/Jersey Hitmen (EJHL)
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
Bio
- Three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)
- 2016 ECAC Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2016 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team
- 2016 NCAA East All-Frozen Four Team
- Quinnipiac Male Athlete of the Month (March 2016)
As a Junior in 2015-16:
Named the 43rd Captain in program history ... Named the Most Outstanding Player of the ECAC Hockey Tournament and to All-Tournament Team ... Named to 2015-16 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Named to NCAA East All-Frozen Four Team ... Named the Quinnipiac Male Athlete of the Month in March ... Played in all 43 games for the Bobcats ... Had the best season of his career, setting career-highs with seven goals and 21 assists for 28 points ... Tied for fourth in ECAC Hockey and 20th in the country with 76 blocked shots ... Finished third in ECAC Hockey among defenseman with in all three offensive categories ... Tied for third in ECAC Hockey with a +20 plus/minus rating ... Scored a defenseman league-high three game-winning goals ... Recorded his first career three-assist and three-point game, along with eight multiple-point games ... Four of Clifton’s multiple-point games came in the playoffs, and he tallied a point in six of nine playoff games, including an assist in the National Championship vs. North Dakota at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida ... Tallied a season-high six-game point streak from Oct. 15 to Nov. 7 with one goal and six assists ... Picked up his first assist of the season in a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 15 ... Recorded his second assist of the season against Maine in a 4-0 win on Oct. 20 ... Notched another assist in a 5-2 win over St. Cloud State on Oct. 23 ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over St. Cloud State on Oct. 24 ... Picked up the game-winning assist on Kevin McKernan’s game-winning goal 5:12 into the third period at Colgate on Nov. 6 ... Scored the game-winning goal 1:26 into overtime in a 5-4 win at Cornell on Nov. 7 ... Scored his second goal of the season vs. Dartmouth on Nov. 14 in a 6-2 win ... Scored his second game-winning goal of the season at UConn in a 6-2 win on Nov. 17 ... Assisted the game-winning goal at Brown on Dec. 5 in a 3-0 win ... Picked up his second two-point game of the season with a goal and assist at Princeton on Dec. 29 in a 6-0 win ... Recorded two assists in Hamden vs. Union in a 5-0 win on Jan. 7 ... Tallied two more points with a goal and an assist vs. Colgate on Feb. 6 in a 6-3 win ... Scored one goal at Union in a 3-3 overtime tie on Feb. 20 ... Led Quinnipiac with 11 assists in 12 points in the playoffs ... Recorded a career-high three assists and three points to open up the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals vs. Cornell on March 11 ... Assisted two more goals in the quarterfinal-clinching 6-3 win over Cornell on March 13 ... Scored one goal and picked up another assist in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals vs. Dartmouth on March 18 ... Assisted two goals, including the game-winner, to win the first Whitelaw Cup in program history with a 4-1 win over Harvard at 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York ... Tallied one assist in a 4-0 win over RIT in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament ... Assisted the Bobcats only goal in the NCAA National Championship game vs. North Dakota at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
As a Sophomore in 2014-15:
Played in 38 games during his sophomore season in 2014-15 … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Picked up five assists, 43 shots, 46 penalty minutes and finished a +4 for the season … His +4 plus/minus rating was tied for the second highest among all the Bobcats’ defensemen … Tallied his first assist of the season in a 5-3 win over Bentley on Oct. 11 … Tied his season-high with a +3 plus/minus to go along with one assist in a 5-0 shutout of Colgate on Nov. 7 … Fired a season-high four shots-on-goal in a 1-0 win over Cornell on Nov. 8 … Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory at Rensselaer Nov. 15 … Posted his second +3 rating of the season to go along with one assist in a 5-3 road win over Brown on Jan. 30 … Picked up one of the assists on the triple overtime game-winner in the Bobcats’ 4-3 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal Game One victory over Union on March 13.
As a Freshman in 2013-14:
Appeared in 36 games during the 2013-14 campaign … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Tallied nine points (five goals, four assists) with the second-best plus/minus rating (+17) on the team … His five goals scored were the most for a Quinnipiac defenseman … Picked up his first career goal on Oct. 12 in a 4-1 win over Alaska Fairbanks … Scored the eventual game-winning goal in a tightly-contested 3-1 win over UMass-Lowell on Oct. 18 … Added another goal on Nov. 8 in a 3-0 victory over Brown … Tallied his first career assist in a 3-3 tie against Yale on Nov. 9 … Registered assists at Princeton (Nov. 22), at Harvard (Jan. 7) and against Cornell (Feb. 21) … Scored one goal each in two games against Yale on Feb. 14 and in Game One of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Mar. 14.
Before Quinnipiac:
Chosen in the 5th Round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes … He is the first Quinnipiac freshman to join the Bobcats directly from the prestigious U.S. National Developmental Team … In 25 games with Team USA in 2012-13, Clifton scored three goals while assisting on six more while also posting a +11 … Clifton joined Team USA after playing for the Jersey Hitmen of the Eastern Junior Hockey Leauge (EJHL) … He also suited up for Team USA in the World U-18 Tournament where his lone goal came in the United States’ final game against Canada … Clifton joined the Bobcats with his brother, Tim.
Personal:
Son of Tim and Joan Clifton … Has two brothers, Corey and Tim, also a member of the Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Team … Born in Matawan, New Jersey … Majoring in engineering.
- 2016 ECAC Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2016 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team
- 2016 NCAA East All-Frozen Four Team
- Quinnipiac Male Athlete of the Month (March 2016)
As a Junior in 2015-16:
Named the 43rd Captain in program history ... Named the Most Outstanding Player of the ECAC Hockey Tournament and to All-Tournament Team ... Named to 2015-16 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Named to NCAA East All-Frozen Four Team ... Named the Quinnipiac Male Athlete of the Month in March ... Played in all 43 games for the Bobcats ... Had the best season of his career, setting career-highs with seven goals and 21 assists for 28 points ... Tied for fourth in ECAC Hockey and 20th in the country with 76 blocked shots ... Finished third in ECAC Hockey among defenseman with in all three offensive categories ... Tied for third in ECAC Hockey with a +20 plus/minus rating ... Scored a defenseman league-high three game-winning goals ... Recorded his first career three-assist and three-point game, along with eight multiple-point games ... Four of Clifton’s multiple-point games came in the playoffs, and he tallied a point in six of nine playoff games, including an assist in the National Championship vs. North Dakota at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida ... Tallied a season-high six-game point streak from Oct. 15 to Nov. 7 with one goal and six assists ... Picked up his first assist of the season in a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 15 ... Recorded his second assist of the season against Maine in a 4-0 win on Oct. 20 ... Notched another assist in a 5-2 win over St. Cloud State on Oct. 23 ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over St. Cloud State on Oct. 24 ... Picked up the game-winning assist on Kevin McKernan’s game-winning goal 5:12 into the third period at Colgate on Nov. 6 ... Scored the game-winning goal 1:26 into overtime in a 5-4 win at Cornell on Nov. 7 ... Scored his second goal of the season vs. Dartmouth on Nov. 14 in a 6-2 win ... Scored his second game-winning goal of the season at UConn in a 6-2 win on Nov. 17 ... Assisted the game-winning goal at Brown on Dec. 5 in a 3-0 win ... Picked up his second two-point game of the season with a goal and assist at Princeton on Dec. 29 in a 6-0 win ... Recorded two assists in Hamden vs. Union in a 5-0 win on Jan. 7 ... Tallied two more points with a goal and an assist vs. Colgate on Feb. 6 in a 6-3 win ... Scored one goal at Union in a 3-3 overtime tie on Feb. 20 ... Led Quinnipiac with 11 assists in 12 points in the playoffs ... Recorded a career-high three assists and three points to open up the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals vs. Cornell on March 11 ... Assisted two more goals in the quarterfinal-clinching 6-3 win over Cornell on March 13 ... Scored one goal and picked up another assist in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals vs. Dartmouth on March 18 ... Assisted two goals, including the game-winner, to win the first Whitelaw Cup in program history with a 4-1 win over Harvard at 1980 Rink at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York ... Tallied one assist in a 4-0 win over RIT in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament ... Assisted the Bobcats only goal in the NCAA National Championship game vs. North Dakota at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
As a Sophomore in 2014-15:
Played in 38 games during his sophomore season in 2014-15 … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Picked up five assists, 43 shots, 46 penalty minutes and finished a +4 for the season … His +4 plus/minus rating was tied for the second highest among all the Bobcats’ defensemen … Tallied his first assist of the season in a 5-3 win over Bentley on Oct. 11 … Tied his season-high with a +3 plus/minus to go along with one assist in a 5-0 shutout of Colgate on Nov. 7 … Fired a season-high four shots-on-goal in a 1-0 win over Cornell on Nov. 8 … Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory at Rensselaer Nov. 15 … Posted his second +3 rating of the season to go along with one assist in a 5-3 road win over Brown on Jan. 30 … Picked up one of the assists on the triple overtime game-winner in the Bobcats’ 4-3 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal Game One victory over Union on March 13.
As a Freshman in 2013-14:
Appeared in 36 games during the 2013-14 campaign … Selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team … Tallied nine points (five goals, four assists) with the second-best plus/minus rating (+17) on the team … His five goals scored were the most for a Quinnipiac defenseman … Picked up his first career goal on Oct. 12 in a 4-1 win over Alaska Fairbanks … Scored the eventual game-winning goal in a tightly-contested 3-1 win over UMass-Lowell on Oct. 18 … Added another goal on Nov. 8 in a 3-0 victory over Brown … Tallied his first career assist in a 3-3 tie against Yale on Nov. 9 … Registered assists at Princeton (Nov. 22), at Harvard (Jan. 7) and against Cornell (Feb. 21) … Scored one goal each in two games against Yale on Feb. 14 and in Game One of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Mar. 14.
Before Quinnipiac:
Chosen in the 5th Round of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes … He is the first Quinnipiac freshman to join the Bobcats directly from the prestigious U.S. National Developmental Team … In 25 games with Team USA in 2012-13, Clifton scored three goals while assisting on six more while also posting a +11 … Clifton joined Team USA after playing for the Jersey Hitmen of the Eastern Junior Hockey Leauge (EJHL) … He also suited up for Team USA in the World U-18 Tournament where his lone goal came in the United States’ final game against Canada … Clifton joined the Bobcats with his brother, Tim.
Personal:
Son of Tim and Joan Clifton … Has two brothers, Corey and Tim, also a member of the Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Team … Born in Matawan, New Jersey … Majoring in engineering.
Coaches Road Show at Bears BBQ
Thursday, September 04
Alumni Game Mic'd Up (pres. by Aunt Chilada's) - Chris Cerella and Mike Lombardi
Thursday, August 21
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Senior Tribute
Friday, February 21
