Kennedy Marchment (born December 6, 1996) is a Canadian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

, currently on long-term injury reserve for the

Montreal Victoire The Montreal Victoire () are a professional ice hockey team based in the Greater Montreal area that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home game ...

of the

Professional Women's Hockey League The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL; , LPHF) is a women's professional ice hockey league in North America. The league comprises eight teams, four each from the United States and Canada. The teams play a Season (sports), regular season ...

(PWHL).

Playing career

Across 142

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

games with the

St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey The St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program represents St. Lawrence University in Canton (village), New York, Canton, New York. The Saints play at Appleton Arena and are part of the ECAC Hockey, Eastern College Athletic Conference. In 2001 ...

program, Marchment scored 154 points, being named a top-10 finalist for the 2017

Patty Kazmaier Award The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998. The ...

. She was selected 2nd overall by the

Buffalo Beauts The Buffalo Beauts were a professional ice hockey team in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). They played in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, at the Northtown Center. The Beauts were established in 2015 as one of the four founding f ...

in the

2017 NWHL Draft Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number) * One of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017, 2117 Science * Chlorine, a halogen in the periodic table * 17 Thetis, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American maga ...

. In 2018–19, her rookie season in the

Swedish Women's Hockey League The Swedish Women's Hockey League (), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016–17 season. The league has ...

(SDHL), Marchment put up 52 points in 36 games, as her team,

Linköping HC Dam Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

, made it to the SDHL finals, where they lost to

Luleå HF/MSSK Luleå Hockey/MSSK are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Luleå, a port city in northeastern Sweden, at Coop Norrbotten Arena. The team is the most successful in SDHL history, having b ...

. The next season, she switched teams to play for HV71 and put up 64 points in 36 games, good for second in league scoring. She was named a finalist for the Forward of the Year Award. Joining the

Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) was a women's professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from March 2015 until June 2023. The league was established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), com ...

's Connecticut Whale for the 2021-22 season, Marchment was named the league's most valuable player in her first year with the team. 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 Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

. On March 2, 2024, PWHL Montreal announced that she had been placed on long-term injury reserve, with

Mélodie Daoust Mélodie Daoust ( ; born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. She played one season in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) for PWHL Montreal, Montreal. She competed with the Canada women's national ice hockey team, ...

called up from reserves.

International

Marchment was invited to Team Canada's selection camp for the

2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship The 2014 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the seventh IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. Organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the ice hockey tournament was played at two rinks of the Jégpalota (; called 'Icecent ...

, but was not selected.

Personal life

Marchment is the niece of former

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

player

Bryan Marchment Bryan William Marchment (May 1, 1969 – July 6, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa ...

, cousin of

Seattle Kraken The Seattle Kraken are a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle. The Kraken compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The t ...

forward

Mason Marchment Mason Marchment (born June 18, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Despite not playing major junior hockey until the age of 19, Marchment was signed by th ...

. She was in a relationship with her former Connecticut Whale teammate

Allie Munroe Allie Munroe (born April 20, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SD ...

Career statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchment, Kennedy 1996 births Living people Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Connecticut Whale (PHF) players HV71 (women) players Linköping HC (women) players Ice hockey people from Clarington St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Montreal Victoire players Durham West Jr. Lightning players LGBTQ ice hockey players