A Look At Alex Connell

A look at Hall of Fame goaltender Alex Connell and the day he was nearly shot by a mobster after a game.

Alex Connell was a very phenomenal goalie of his day that still doesn't get the praise he likely deserves for being so clutch throughout his career in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Connell is a Hockey Hall of Famer that won two Stanley Cups. One with Ottawa in 1927 and the other in 1935 as a member of the Montreal Maroons.

Connell first joined the Ottawa Senators for the 1924–25 season after the Senators dealt star goaltender Clint Benedict to the expansion Maroons as Benedict was having some off-ice issues with the team. Connell steadied the ship in Ottawa during a rough time and led them to the Stanley Cup a few years later in 1927.

In the 1927–28 season he set the NHL record—unbroken as of now—for the longest shutout streak at 461:29, by recording seven consecutive shutouts and another 41 minutes in the eighth game, from January 31 to February 22, 1928.