Kaleigh Quennec

Swiss ice hockey player

Ice hockey player
Kaleigh Quennec
Born (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)
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
U Sports team
Former teams
Montreal Carabins
HC Université Neuchâtel
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 2014–present

Kaleigh Quennec (born 15 February 1998) is a Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team, currently playing in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports with the Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program.

Quennec represented Switzerland at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019 and 2021.[1][2][3] 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]

Personal life

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.[5]

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

  1. ^ "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch (in German). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SUI - Switzerland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: SUI - Switzerland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 658. ISBN 9780986796470.
  5. ^ "Kaleigh Quennec '17 to Compete in Winter Olympics". Loomis Chaffee Athletics. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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