On Monday, July 22nd, 2024 the Reading Royals announced that former University of Minnesota-Duluth Left Winger, Connor McMenamin, has re-signed for his first full professional season.
McMenamin came to Reading after his college season with the University of Minnesota-Duluth ended. With the University of Minnesota, he played in 35 games and tallied six goals and 15 assists. McMenamin played in 10 games with Reading in the 2023-2024 season, but with no points were accumulated. Prior to University of Minnesota-Duluth, McMenamin played four season with Penn State University, wearing the “A” in his last season. During his career at Penn State, McMenamin played in 129 games and tallied 24 goals with 42 assists.
McMenamin played in the USHL for the Sioux City Musketeers and Tri-City Storm prior to go playing in the NCAA. He dressed in 47 games for Sioux City and posted eight goals with 10 assists in the 2016-2017 season and assisted the team to playoffs where he played in one game. In the 2017-2018 season and 2018-2019 season, McMenamin played in a total of 108 games and posted 34 goals with 40 assists.
“I am super excited to be coming back to Reading this upcoming season. We are excited to get back to work and get back to Santander Arena to see all of the wonderful fans.”
Per Royals PR- McMenamin on returning to the Royals
“McMenamin has a lot of offensive upside to him. We saw glimpses of his game at the end of the season when we brought him in. Now that he has the summer to prepare and understand how pro hockey is, I expect him to get rolling right away and help our offense score goals.”
Per Royals PR- Head Coach Jason Binkley on re-signing McMenamin