Connor Jones

Biography

Ben Syer's first coaching staff has been finalized as he welcomes Connor Jones as an assistant coach while retaining Tommy Davis '17 and Shane Talarico on staff heading into the 2024-25 season. Connor Jones, a former NHL player with four years of professional hockey playing experience, joins the Tigers after spending the past two seasons with the Vegas Golden Knights as a scout focused on college free agents. In his first season with the Golden Knights. he was part of an executive group which guided Vegas to a Stanley Cup. In addition to his experience identifying and recruiting potential free agents for the Golden Knights, Jones has years of experience as an on-ice clinician as owner/operator of Champions Hockey School in British Columbia and also as a lead instructor with the Kurt Nichols Powerskating School in New York. Syer and Jones have an extensive history dating back to Jones' days playing for Quinnipiac where he was a four-year letterwinner and helped the Bobcats to the 2013 national title game. A two-time assistant captain while at Quinnipiac, Jones was recruited to Hamden by Syer while he was on staff at Quinnipiac and was coached by him during the 2010-11 season before Syer joined the coaching staff at Cornell. All total for his time as a Bobcat, Jones played in 153 college hockey games and tallied 129 points on 49 goals and 83 assists. He was named Quinnipiac's male student-athlete of the year in 2011 and was also a Dean's List student. He graduated with a degree