Ryan O'Connor (born January 12, 1992) is a Canadian professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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. He is currently playing with the
Iserlohn Roosters of the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
O'Connor played major junior hockey in the
Ontario Hockey League
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with the
Barrie Colts and
Saginaw Spirit
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. Undrafted, O'Connor made his
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
(KHL) debut playing with
KHL Medveščak during the
2013–14 season, on loan from
HC Davos
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of the Swiss
National League A
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On July 21, 2014, O'Connor continued his career abroad in agreeing to a one-year contract with Finnish
Liiga
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club, the
Espoo Blues
The Espoo Blues were an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They played in Espoo, Finland, at the Espoo Metro Areena. The club went bankrupt at the end of the 2015–16 Liiga season.
History
The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo ...
.
Following the
2018–19 season, his third with
HIFK
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, O'Connor left the Liiga as a free agent, securing a one-year contract with German club, the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL, on April 23, 2019.
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Barrie Colts players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Croatia
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Espoo Blues players
HC Davos players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Iserlohn Roosters players
KooKoo players
KHL Medveščak Zagreb players
Saginaw Spirit players
Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
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