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2009 NHL Entry Draft, Connauton akanga yandaipuwa 202nd pakati North American kunyorwa-kukodzera tarisiro. Akazosarudzwa mumutambo wechitatu, 83rd yose, neVancouver Canucks. Akanga ari mumwe wevatambi vatatu veCCHA vakatorwa muhurongwa uye akakwirira kwazvo. Iye pakutanga akakodzera 2008 NHL Entry Draft, asi haana kusarudzwa. Canucks director wecollegiate scouting Stan Smyl akasimbisa kuputsika kwaConnauton seimwe yesimba rake, nepo mubatsiri mukuru scout Thomas Gradin akataura kugona kwake skating.