Al Conroy
Canadian ice hockey player
John Allan Conroy (born January 17, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in 114 National Hockey League (NHL) games over parts of three seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers from 1992 to 1994. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2001, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe and Japan.
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