Winnipeg Jets LW Kyle Connor shot a commercial with KFC Canada where he “fully leaned into the Kyle Freakin’ Connor persona,” according to Ken Wiebe of the WINNIPEG FREE PRESS. During the 2025 playoff run, KFC leaned into Connor’s “KFC” nickname, running a Stanley Cup playoff promotion that “encouraged fans to wear buckets on their heads” during the Jets series against the Blues. The new “Kyle F#*@in’ Connor meal promotion is currently on.” Decked out in a “white suit and a Kentucky bow tie that Colonel Sanders made famous,” the video shows Connor “arriving at the rink in a snazzy white sports car and entering the building before nodding at several staff members who are enjoying fried chicken.” Connor is shown briefly on the ice in his No. 81 jersey with KFC on the nameplate. Near the end, a Colonel Sanders look-a-like compliments Connor on his suit (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 3/31).
