Kennedy Marchment

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Kennedy Marchment
Kennedy Marchment.jpg
Marchment with the Connecticut Whale in 2023
Born (1996-12-06) December 6, 1996 (age 27)
Courtice, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Montreal
Connecticut Whale
HV71
Linköping HC
St. Lawrence Saints
Playing career 2014–present

Kennedy Marchment (born December 6, 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently on long-term injury reserve from PWHL Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

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Playing career

Across 142 NCAA games with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program, Marchment scored 154 points, being named a top-10 finalist for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award. [1]

She was selected 2nd overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2017 NWHL Draft. [2]

In 2018–19, her rookie season in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), Marchment put up 52 points in 36 games, as her team, Linköping HC Dam, made it to the SDHL finals, where they lost to Luleå HF/MSSK. The next season, she switched teams to play for HV71 and put up 64 points in 36 games, good for second in league scoring. [3] [4] [5] She was named a finalist for the Forward of the Year Award. [6]

Joining the Premier Hockey Federation's Connecticut Whale for the 2021-22 season, Marchment was named the league's most valuable player in her first year with the team. [7] She would rejoin the Whale for the 2022-23 season, which ended up as the PHF's last.

Marchment was drafted in the sixth round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by Montreal. [8] On March 2, 2024, PWHL Montreal announced that she had been placed on long-term injury reserve, with Mélodie Daoust called up from reserves [9] .

International

Marchment was invited to Team Canada's selection camp for the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, but was not selected. [10]

Personal life

Marchment is the niece of former NHL player Bryan Marchment, cousin of Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment. [11] She is in a relationship with her former Connecticut Whale teammate Allie Munroe. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2018-19 Linköping SDHL 3625275212124582
2019-20 HV71 SDHL36323264842240
2020-21 HV71SDHL3428447214573102
2021-22 Connecticut Whale PHF 20132033821342
2022-23 Connecticut WhalePHF24171835631232
PHF totals443038681452574

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References

  1. ↑ "2017-18 Women's Hockey Roster: 16 Kennedy Marchment". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Saints' Marchment chosen second overall by Buffalo in NWHL". NNY360. August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Strandberg, Andreas; Ljungquist, Carl (April 18, 2019). "HV71 värvar rivalens storstjärna". Jönköpings-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Bodin, Uffe (March 27, 2020). "Poängdrottningen förlänger med seriesegraren". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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  6. ↑ "Här är alla vinnare från SDHL Awards". HockeySverige (in Swedish). May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Canada's Kennedy Marchment named PHF's Most Valuable Player". CBC. May 19, 2022. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Mulligan, Preston (September 19, 2023). "Nova Scotians make history in first Professional Women's Hockey League draft". CBC. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  9. ↑ "PWHL Montreal signs Alexandra Poznikoff to main roster, adds Melodie Daoust to Reserve Player list". Daily Faceoff. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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