Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuenda ku2009 NHL Entry Draft
, Connauton akanga ari pachinzvimbo chechi202 pakati pevanhu vokuNorth America vakakodzera kunyorwa. 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.