Kaleigh Quennec (born 15 February 1998) is a Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team. She is signed in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with SC Bern Frauen for the 2024–25 season.
| Kaleigh Quennec | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
15 February 1998 Vuisternens-devant-Romont, Fribourg, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SWHL A team Former teams |
SC Bern Montreal Carabins HC Université Neuchâtel | ||
| National team |
 Switzerland | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
| Website | kaleighquennec.com | ||
Playing career
editQuennec played in the Swiss Mini A and Top Novizen leagues with the youth teams of Genève-Servette HC. During the 2016–17 season, she attended the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut and played with the LC girls' varsity team in the New England Prep Division I league.[1]
Her college ice hockey career was played with the Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports during 2017 to 2024.[2][3]
International play
editAs a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships at the Division I Group A tournament in 2014 and at the Top Division tournaments in 2015 and 2016.[4]
Quennec represented Switzerland in the women'ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.[5][6][7]
Personal life
editHer father, Hugh Quennec, was the franchise owner and president of Genève-Servette HC during 2005 to 2017, and of Servette FC during 2012 to 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Kaleigh Quennec '17 to Compete in Winter Olympics". Loomis Chaffee Athletics. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Hockey Féminin: Kaleigh Quennec". Carabins de l'Université de Montréal (in Canadian French). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Hockey Féminin – Équipe: 12 Kaleigh Quennec". Carabins de l'Université de Montréal (in Canadian French). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 658. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch (in German). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: SUI - Switzerland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Kaleigh Quennec at Olympedia
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