McMenamin returns to Royals

Reading, Pa. - The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that forward Connor McMenamin has re-signed for the 2025-26 season.

McMenamin, 26, is entering his second-full professional season after a 17 point (7g-10a) showing in a 29-game shortened rookie campaign due to a season-ending injury. McMenamin played 10 games for Reading during the 2023-24 season after he inked a contract with the Royals to begin his professional career on March 22.

Prior to going pro, he played five seasons of college hockey with four seasons at Penn State University and a fifth-year graduate season at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. With the Bulldogs during the 2023-24 season, McMenamin recorded 21 points (6g-15a) in 35 games. From 2019-23 at Penn State, he he recorded 66 points (24g-42a) in 129 games played with the Nittany Lions. Across his five-year NCAA career, McMenamin totaled 87 points (30g-57a), 57 penalty minutes and a +10 rating in 164 NCAA career games.

Additionally, McMenamin was an alternate captain for Penn State in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 campaigns. He previously played in the United States Hockey League, primarily with the Tr-City Storm where he was captain in the 2018-19 season.