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| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
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▲| former_teams = [[Tampa Bay Lightning]]<br>[[Ottawa Senators]]<br>[[Buffalo Sabres]]<br>[[New York Islanders]]<br>[[Lausanne HC]]<br>[[SC Bern]]<br>[[HC Ambrì-Piotta]]
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2011
| career_end = 2024
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'''Cory Conacher''' (born December 14, 1989) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] who
==Playing career==
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After two seasons in Switzerland, and with a desire to play closer to home,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/weekend-notebook-conacher-excited-for-ahl-return | title = Weekend notebook: Conacher excited for AHL return | publisher = [[American Hockey League]] | date = November 4, 2022 | accessdate = November 9, 2022}}</ref> Conacher opted to return to North America for the [[2022-23 AHL season|2022–23]] season and signed a professional tryout contract with the [[Belleville Senators]] of the AHL, affiliate of former club the Ottawa Senators, on November 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bellevillesens.com/belleville-sens-sign-forward-cory-conacher-professional-tryout-offer/ | title = Belleville Sens sign Cory Conacher to PTO | publisher = [[Belleville Senators]] | date = November 1, 2022 | accessdate = November 1, 2022}}</ref> Conacher featured in just 2 games with Belleville before suffering a long-term injury in which he was released upon his recovery. On February 22, 2023, Conacher continued in the AHL by signing a PTO with the [[Charlotte Checkers]], affiliate to the [[Florida Panthers]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://charlottecheckers.com/articles/panthers-send-grigori-denisenko-to-charlotte | title = Checkers sign Cory Conacher to PTO | publisher = [[Charlotte Checkers]] | date = February 22, 2023 | accessdate = February 22, 2023}}</ref> In playing with the Checkers for the remainder of the season, Conacher collected 9 points through 15 games.
As a free agent, Conacher was again on the move within the AHL, securing a one-year contract with the [[Chicago Wolves]] on June 1, 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://twitter.com/chicago_wolves/status/1664005317208731655 | title = Wolves sign Cory Conacher | publisher = [[Twitter]] | author = [[Chicago Wolves]] | date = June 1, 2023 | accessdate = June 1, 2023}}</ref> He was later signed to a [[Ice hockey contract #Professional_tryout|professional tryout contract]] to attend the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] training camp in preparation for the {{nhly|2023}} season on August 29, 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-sign-conacher-perlini-to-professional-tryout/c-345642122 | title = Canes sign Conacher, Perlini to PTOs | publisher = [[Carolina Hurricanes]] | date = August 29, 2023 | accessdate = August 29, 2023}}</ref> In his last professional season, Conacher posted 8 goals and 19 points through 66 regular season games with the Wolves.
==Personal==
Conacher was born with a [[bladder exstrophy]], a rare condition in which his [[Urinary bladder|bladder]] was outside his body. When he was ten days old he underwent a ten-hour surgical procedure in which doctors reconstructed his [[pelvis]] in order to place his bladder back into his body. The situation was so severe that doctors informed his parents that he might never walk properly.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mooney|first1=Roger|title='Dream big' drives Lightning's Conacher brothers|url=
Conacher is a distant relative of [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]rs [[Charlie Conacher|Charlie]], [[Roy Conacher|Roy]], and [[Lionel Conacher]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/sports/hockey/article/681969--burlington-s-little-big-man-conacher-turning-some-heads-in-norfolk-with-his-scoring-prowess|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104225137/http://www.thespec.com/sports/hockey/article/681969--burlington-s-little-big-man-conacher-turning-some-heads-in-norfolk-with-his-scoring-prowess|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|title=Burlington's little big man Conacher turning some heads in Norfolk|website=thespec.com|date=March 5, 2012|accessdate=March 5, 2012}}</ref> but despite rumours to the contrary, he is not related to former NHL forward [[Pat Conacher]]. Cory Conacher has a younger brother, Shane Conacher,
==Career statistics==
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