Connie Brown

Cornelius Brown (January 11, 1917 – June 3, 1966) was a professional ice hockey centre who played 93 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings. He won one Stanley Cup with the Wings in 1943 Stanley Cup Finals. He was born in Vankleek Hill, Ontario.
He played junior hockey for the Ottawa St Malachys and Ottawa Rideaus from 1933 to 1935. After that he played senior hockey in the Ottawa City Senior League with the Cornwall Flyers in 1937-38 and 1938-39, leading the league in points in both seasons.
Brown turned pro in 1939-30 with the Pittsburgh Hornets and the Detroit Red Wings. Over the next three seasons Brown played for both the Indianapolis Capitals and the Red Wings. He won the Stanley Cup in 1943.
In 1943 Brown returned to senior hockey, playing for teams in the Ottawa area and for the Valleyfield Braves and the Glace Bay Miners.
He retired in 1952.
In the NHL Brown played in 73 regular season games, scoring 15 goals and 24 assists. In the playoffs, Brown scored 2 goals and 3 assists in 14 games.
==Gallery==
22Mar1940-Connie_Brown_Robertson.jpg|Connie Brown dekes Earl Robertson during Game 2 of the 1940 Quarter-finals, March 22, 1940.
8Apr1941-Mowers_stops_Bauer_19_Brown.jpg|Johnny Mowers stops Bobby Bauer with #19 Connie Brown in Game 2 of the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals, April 8, 1941.
==Awards==
*1950-51: Lady Alexander Trophy (Most Valuable Player - Eastern Canada Senior League)
==References==
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Category:Born in 1917
Category:Dead in 1966
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Ottawa Rideaus players
Category:Ottawa St. Malachys alumni
Category:Ottawa Senators (senior) players
Category:Cornwall Flyers players
Category:Pittsburgh Hornets players
Category:Indianapolis Capitals players
Category:Petawawa Army Grenades players
Category:Ottawa Quartermaster Corps players
Category:Valleyfield Braves players
Category:Glace Bay Miners players
Category:Hull Volants players
Category:Ottawa Army players
Category:Retired in 1952