Kaleigh Quennec
| 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 | ||
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.
Playing career
Quennec 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
As 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
Her 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
- ^ "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
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Kaleigh Quennec at Olympedia (archive)
