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Rookie sniper has chemistry with Scheifele and Wheeler on club's top line
No matter his surroundings, Kyle Connor figures out how to score goals.
When he was on the frozen rink his dad, Joe, built in the backyard of their home in Shelby Township, Mich., young Kyle whipped pucks into the net.
Playing bantam for Belle Tire in the Detroit area, he consistently lit the lamp in his early teens. In three years of junior hockey with the Youngstown Phantoms, he had a pair of 30-goal campaigns.