“There’s no hurt, shame or anything in going back to the American Hockey League. Brett Connolly is barely 21-years-old and he prospered in the AHL last year with me as his coach, so I am a big fan. He did everything I asked and everything we asked here in training camp. This is also a business. In saying that, Brett Connolly could be here tomorrow; he could be here in a month, he could be here in two months. To me he played himself into the conversation of being on this team full-time and I don’t think anybody in this room would have said that a year ago. He’s taken unbelievable strides in his development and I’m really proud of him." - Coach Cooper