Geneviève Bannon

Geneviève Bannon
Born	(1995-02-03) February 3, 1995 (age 29) Châteauguay, Québec, Canada
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Right wing
Shoots	Right
Played for	PWHPA Les Canadiennes de Montréal Göteborg HC Clarkson University
Playing career	2013–present
Medal record Women's ball hockey Representing  Canada World Championship 2022 Canada

Geneviève Bannon (born February 3, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, who last played with the Montréal section of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).

Playing career

Bannon began playing hockey at the age of four. She attended Collège Charles-Lemoyne before finishing her high school at the Ontario Hockey Academy.^[1] She then moved to the United States to attend Clarkson University, where she studied psychology and played for the university's women's hockey programme.^[2][3] Across 160 NCAA games with Clarkson, she scored 150 points, twice winning the NCAA championship.^[4][5]

After graduating, she moved to Sweden to sign her first professional contract with newly-promoted Göteborg HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan, SDHL), and was named an assistant captain for the club.^[6] In December 2017, she scored all five goals for Göteborg in a 5-2 victory over Brynäs IF.^[7] She finished the 2017–18 season with 33 points in 34 games, leading the club in scoring and one of only three Göteborg players to score more than 10 points, as the club finished in last. She added another 5 points in 2 relegation playoff games as the club was able to keep their spot in the top flight.

After one year in Sweden, she returned to North America to sign with Les Canadiennes de Montréal, after being drafted by them 12th overall in the 2018 CWHL Draft.^[8] She scored 7 points in 26 games in her debut Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) season.

After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she joined the players forming the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She would spend the entire 2019–20 season with the organisation.

International

Bannon represented Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring one goal in five games as the country won gold.^[9]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2017–18	Göteborg HC	SDHL		34	18	15	33	34		–	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	CWHL		26	2	5	7	4		3	0	0	0	0
2019–20	Montréal	PWHPA		–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–
CWHL totals				26	2	5	7	4		3	0	0	0	0
SDHL totals				34	18	15	33	34		-	-	-	-	-

References

1. "Une fin de carrière en beauté pour Geneviève Bannon". Le Reflet (in Canadian French). March 28, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
2. "2016-17 Clarkson Women's Hockey Roster: #9 Genevieve Bannon". Clarkson University Athletics. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
3. Carey, Cap (September 29, 2016). "College women's hockey: Clarkson's Bannon steps out from shadows". NNY360. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
4. Boulay, Mathieu (March 20, 2017). "La cerise sur le gâteau de Geneviève Bannon". Le Journal de Montréal (in Canadian French). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
5. "" La meilleure façon de terminer mon université "". RDS (Video) (in Canadian French). March 20, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
6. Norberg, Simon (September 8, 2017). ""Hon hade varit given i svenska landslaget"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
7. Skoglund, Henrik (December 10, 2017). "Fem mål av Bannon när nykomlingen lämnade jumboplatsen". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
8. "Les Canadiennes procèdent à la pré-signature de l'ailier droit Geneviève Bannon". RDS (in Canadian French). August 20, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
9. Brunelle, Marco (January 6, 2013). "Les hockeyeuses canadiennes championnes du monde junior". La Presse. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database