{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | name = Colby Genoway | image = Colby Genoway with LHC in Villars on February 21, 2014 2.JPG | image_size = 230px | caption = Genoway with Lausanne HC in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|12}} | birth_place = [[Morden, Manitoba]], Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 198 | position = [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] | shoots = Right | league = | team = Free Agent | former_teams = [[Hartford Wolf Pack]]<br>[[Portland Pirates]]<br>[[Manitoba Moose]]<br>[[Mora IK]]<br>[[Ilves Tampere]]<br>[[HC Pardubice]]<br>[[HC Lugano]]<br>[[Lausanne HC]]<br>[[KHL Medveščak Zagreb|Medveščak Zagreb]]<br>[[HC Fribourg-Gottéron]]<br>[[EHC Kloten]]<br>[[HC Slovan Bratislava]]<br>[[Kölner Haie]] | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2005 | career_end = }} '''Colby Genoway''' (born December 12, 1983) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] player. He is currently an [[unrestricted free agent]] who most recently played for [[Kölner Haie]] of the German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (DEL).
==Playing career== On July 11, 2006, he was signed by the [[Anaheim Ducks]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] as a free agent to a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=5995 | title = Colby Genoway player profile | publisher = [[The Sports Network]] | date = 2010-02-03 | accessdate = 2010-02-03}}</ref> A few months later, on January 24, 2007, he was traded to the [[Vancouver Canucks]] for [[Joe Rullier]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=451817 | title = Canucks acquire forward Colby Genoway | publisher = [[Vancouver Canucks]] | date = 2007-01-24 | accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref> However, he never got to play with either of these two teams in the NHL. He played for the [[Hartford Wolf Pack]], the [[Portland Pirates]] and the [[Manitoba Moose]] in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] instead. He went on to play in Sweden, Finland and Czech Republic before making his way to Switzerland in 2010.
[[File:Genoway Colby Ilves 2008.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Genoway with Ilves Tampere in 2008]]
===Lausanne HC=== Genoway made his [[National League A]] debut playing with [[HC Lugano]] during the [[2010–11 NLA season]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=115&year0=2011&status=stats | publisher = Eliteprospects.com | title = 2010–11 HC Lugano player statistics | date = 2011-03-04 | accessdate = 2011-03-04}}</ref> At the end of that season, he signed a three-year contract with [[Lausanne HC]] as they were still playing in the second tier [[National League B]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rts.ch/sport/3196606-l-attaquant-canadien-du-hc-lugano-colby-genoway-27-ans-signe-un-contrat-de-3-ans-a-lausanne-en-lnb.html | title = Canadian forward Colby Genoway signs three-year contract with Lausanne from Lugano | publisher = rts.ch | date = 2011-05-06 | accessdate = 2011-05-06 | language = French}}</ref> They went on to win the National League B title and to get promoted in April 2013, upsetting [[SC Langnau Tigers]] in the promotion-relegation game, after many unfruitful attempts including 2 promotion-relegation games lost to [[EHC Biel]] over 8 years spent playing in second division.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.lematin.ch/sports/hockey/Le-Lausanne-HC-est-promu-en-LNA/story/10987553 | title = Lausanne HC are promoted to NLA | newspaper = Le Matin | publisher = lematin.ch | date = 2013-04-16 | accessdate = 2013-04-16}}</ref> That year, Genoway was also nominated for the Best National League B Player 2013 award at the Swiss Golden Player Award ceremony in Basle, Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.planetehockey.com/news-swiss-golden-player-award-les-nomines,42333.html | title = Swiss Golden Player Award: the nominees | publisher = PlanèteHockey.com | date = 2013-04-01 | accessdate = 2013-04-01 | language = French}}</ref>
In the [[2013–14 NLA season|2013–14]] season, he tallied 26 points in 42 games <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/46-17-GENOWAY-Colby | title = Colby Genoway LHC profile | publisher = [[Lausanne HC]] | date = 2014-05-16 | accessdate = 2014-05-16 | language = French | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140215093005/http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/46-17-GENOWAY-Colby | archive-date = February 15, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and contributed to LHC clinching a playoff spot in the Swiss elite league for the first time in the club's history.<ref>[http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lausanne-s-offre-quart-finale-historique-face-zurich/story/29042290 Hockey sur glace: Lausanne s'offre un quart de finale historique face à Zurich - News Sports: Lausanne HC - 24heures.ch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They went on to push the top seed [[ZSC Lions]] to a seventh game that LHC lost 1–0 in Zurich.<ref>[http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lausanne-hc-reve/story/17193872 Hockey sur glace: De tout petits détails mettent un terme à la fantastique aventure du LHC - News Sports: Lausanne HC - 24heures.ch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Genoway got two assists in that series.<ref>[http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/39-statistiques Statistiques - Lausanne HC<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417154443/http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/39-statistiques |date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref> On March 27, 2014, Lausanne HC announced that Genoway's contract had been automatically renewed after the promotion in April 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-lhc-colby-genoway-encore-sous-contrat,45420.html|title = LHC: Colby Genoway encore sous contrat}}</ref> On April 2, 2014, the club released a statement regarding the state of the current contracts and additions to the roster for the 2014–15 season. That statement confirmed that the promotion had actually granted Genoway a 2-year extension to his deal (and not only one as previously stated).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/49-293-3-arrivees-au-lausanne-hockey-club-pour-la-saison-2014-2015 |title=Actualités - Lausanne HC - Lausanne HC |accessdate=2014-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095232/http://www.lausannehc.ch/fr/49-293-3-arrivees-au-lausanne-hockey-club-pour-la-saison-2014-2015 |archivedate=April 7, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
[[File:NLA, Lausanne HC vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, 11th November 2014 31.JPG|thumb|Colby Genoway (right) with Nicklas Danielsson of Rapperswil-Jona Lakers on November 11, 2014]]
Genoway played his first game of the 2014–15 season on November 11, 2014, after a long wrist injury that necessitated surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-nouvelle-operation-en-vue-pour-genoway,47489.html|title = Nouvelle opération en vue pour Genoway?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lhc-s-incline-43-face-rapperswil/story/15569111|title=Un LHC très décevant sauve un point contre la lanterne rouge|newspaper=[[24 heures (Switzerland)|24 heures]]}}</ref> He played 6 games in a row (while [[Ossi Louhivaara]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-ossi-louhivaara-ecope-de-quatre-matches,48897.html|title=Ossi Louhivaara écope de quatre matches}}</ref> and [[Juha-Pekka Hytönen]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-gshc-lhc-almond-patiente-hytonen-apte,49209.html|title = GSHC-LHC: Almond patiente, Hytönen apte}}</ref> were sidelined) before getting injured again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-lhc-colby-genoway-absent-contre-zurich,49115.html|title = LHC: Colby Genoway absent contre Zurich}}</ref> When [[Daniel Bång]] suffered a concussion, Genoway got to play a seventh game<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-lhc-bang-commotionne-genoway-jouera,50351.html|title = LHC: Bang commotionné, Genoway jouera}}</ref> and scored his first point of the season (an assist) in the win over Biel (3–2) on January 25, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/article-le-lhc-s-envole-et-laisse-le-hcb-avec-ses-questions,3906.html|title = Match - 2014 - 2015 - National League - HC Bienne - Lausanne HC}}</ref> On February 20, 2015, he scored his first (and only) goal of the season, once again against Biel in yet another 3–2 win.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/Debuts-victorieux-pour-Martin-St-Pierre-au-LHC/story/29719087|title = Débuts victorieux pour Martin St. Pierre au LHC|newspaper = 24 Heures}}</ref> As Bång's injury proved to be season-ending, Genoway also got to play most of the 7-game playoff series against Bern. LHC ended up losing that close matchup 2–1 in overtime in the deciding game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/lhc-exploit/story/26860993|title=Le LHC passe tout près de l'exploit|newspaper=[[24 heures (Switzerland)|24 heures]]}}</ref> Interviewed by local newspaper ''24 Heures'' during the 2014–15 playoffs, Genoway said that he'd like to stay at the club until the end of his contract in 2016 but not as a fifth wheel among imports (behind Hytönen, Bång, Louhivaara and [[Harri Pesonen]]) as was the case at the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/lhc/encombrant-surnumeraire-devenu-vrai-atout-lhc/story/29507401|title = De surnuméraire, Colby Genoway est devenu un atout|newspaper = 24 Heures}}</ref>
===KHL and Switzerland=== Genoway ended up leaving Switzerland to join [[KHL Medvescak Zagreb|Medvescak Zagreb]] in the [[KHL]] on a one-year contract at the end of that season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lematin.ch/sports/hockey/genoway-quitte-lhc-zagreb/story/18471603|title = Genoway quitte le LHC pour Zagreb|newspaper = Le Matin|date = July 15, 2015}}</ref> On February 2, 2016, after Medvescak didn't qualify for the playoffs, he signed a deal for the rest of the season with [[HC Fribourg-Gottéron]] in the [[National League A|NLA]] he had left a few months before.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.ch/sport/hockey/lna/7465251-hockey-colby-genoway-finira-la-saison-avec-gotteron.html|title=Hockey: Colby Genoway finira la saison avec Gottéron|date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> According to Fribourg newspaper ''La Liberté'', the Canadian center's contract with Zagreb was still valid and he should therefore start the following season in the KHL in spite of the original announcement that he had only been signed for a year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swisshabs.ch/colby-genoway/|title = Colby Genoway a refusé d'autres offres pour venir à Fribourg}}</ref> Eventually, the Zagreb team announced in July 2016, that Genoway would return for the 2016-17 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medvescak.com/en/khl/returnees-taylor-and-genoway-return-to-medvescak-no2377|title=Returnees: Taylor and Genoway return to Medvescak|website=www.medvescak.com|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-date=July 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706153811/http://www.medvescak.com/en/khl/returnees-taylor-and-genoway-return-to-medvescak-no2377|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made 48 appearances for the team that season, scoring nine goals while assisting on 16 more. He then left Medvescak in January 2017 and signed with [[EHC Kloten]] of the Swiss NLA for the remainder of the 2016-17 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ehc-kloten.ch/news/nl-a/news-berichte/mm_genoway/|title=MM_Genoway - EHC Kloten|website=EHC Kloten|language=de-DE|access-date=2017-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118150315/http://www.ehc-kloten.ch/news/nl-a/news-berichte/mm_genoway/|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He added 4 assists to his team's tally in 8 regular season games and scored 6 points (1 goal / 5 assists) in the end-of-season playouts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/fiche-joueur-colby-genoway,2807.html|title = Infos joueur - Genoway Colby}}</ref> However, his contract was not renewed at the end of that stint and he subsequently signed yet another one-year deal with KHL team [[HC Slovan Bratislava]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetehockey.com/news-colby-genoway-trouve-son-bonheur-en-khl,66624.html|title=Colby Genoway trouve son bonheur en KHL}}</ref>
=== Germany === On May 23, 2018, he signed as a free agent to a one-year deal with [[Kölner Haie]] of the German [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2018/05/23/koelner-haie-verpflichten-genoway-aus-der-khl-und-eckl-von-heilbronn.html|title=Kölner Haie verpflichten Genoway aus der KHL und Eckl von Heilbronn|website=[[Kölner Haie]] | language= German | date = 2018-05-23 |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
==International play== In December 2014, Colby Genoway was selected by head coach [[Guy Boucher]] to represent Canada at the [[Spengler Cup]] in Davos for the second time after 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/roster/show/1447132?subseason=190559&_ga=1.82566879.833593462.1422216886 | title = Spengler Cup 2014 statistics | publisher = [[Hockey Canada]] | date = 2014-12-16 | accessdate = 2017-06-07}}</ref> Genoway tallied two assists and [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] ended up losing to [[Genève-Servette]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/page/show/1447125?subseason=190559&tab=content | title = Spengler Cup statistics | publisher = [[Hockey Canada]] | date = 2016-12-12 | accessdate = 2016-12-12}}</ref> He joined Team Canada in Davos for the third time in December 2016. Genoway didn't score any points but his team ended up lifting the trophy after dismissing Lugano 5–2 in the final.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.planetehockey.com/news-spengler-le-team-canada-conserve-son-titre,62588.html | title = Spengler Cup team for Canada announced | publisher = planetehockey.com | date = 2016-12-19 | accessdate = 2016-12-09 | language = French}}</ref>
==Personal== Genoway's brother, [[Chay Genoway|Chay]], also plays in the KHL and is a member of [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|the Canadian men's ice hockey team]] at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]] ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]] |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! [[Season (sports)|Season]] ! Team ! League ! GP ! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] ! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] ! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] ! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1999–00 | [[Winkler Flyers]] | [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]] | —||—||—||—||— | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Winkler Flyers | MJHL | 61||23||42||65||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2002-03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|2002–03]] | [[University of North Dakota]] | [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] | 31||1||2||3||24 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2003-04 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|2003–04]] | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 40||11||23||34||22 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2004-05 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|2004–05]] | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 42||13||31||44||38 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2004-05 AHL season|2004–05]] | [[Hartford Wolf Pack]] | [[American Hockey League|AHL]] | 4||0||0||0||0 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2005-06 AHL season|2005–06]] | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 77||26||35||61||78 | 13||4||8||12||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]] | [[Portland Pirates]] | AHL | 41||8||21||29||36 | —||—||—||—||— |- | 2006–07 AHL season|2006–07 | [[Manitoba Moose]] | AHL | 32||1||11||12||12 | 13||1||1||2||6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]] | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 67||15||34||49||37 | 6||0||4||4||6 |- | [[2008–09 SM-liiga season|2008–09]] | [[Ilves Tampere]] | [[SM-liiga|SM-l]] | 11||7||7||14||8 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2008–09 HockeyAllsvenskan season|2008–09]] | [[Mora IK]] | [[HockeyAllsvenskan|Allsv]] | 30||13||17||30||61 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2009–10 SM-liiga season|2009–10]] | Ilves Tampere | SM-l | 32||4||24||28||46 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2009–10 Czech Extraliga season|2009–10]] | [[HC Pardubice]] | [[Czech Extraliga|ELH]] | 10||3||4||7||6 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2010–11 NLA season|2010–11]] | [[HC Lugano]] | [[National League A|NLA]] | 41||12||18||30||80 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 NLB season|2011–12 | [[Lausanne HC]] | [[National League B|NLB]] | 33||15||34||49||48 | 15||6||10||16||14 |- | 2012–13 NLB season|2012–13 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 39||24||42||66||58 | 11||6||18||24||10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2013–14 NLA season|2013–14]] | Lausanne HC | NLA | 42||7||19||26||44 | 7||0||2||2||10 |- | [[2014–15 NLA season|2014–15]] | Lausanne HC | NLA | 15||1||5||6||2 | 6||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]] | [[Medvescak Zagreb]] | [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] | 48||4||12||16||34 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2015–16 NLA season|2015–16]] | [[HC Fribourg-Gottéron]] | NLA | 4||2||2||4||0 | 5||2||1||3||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2016–17 KHL season|2016–17]] | Medvescak Zagreb | KHL | 48||9||16||25||32 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2016–17 NLA season|2016–17]] | [[EHC Kloten]] | NLA | 8||0||4||4||27 | 6||1||5||6||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2017–18 KHL season|2017–18]] | [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] | KHL | 56||9||22||31||56 | —||—||—||—||— |- | [[2018–19 DEL season|2018–19]] | [[Kölner Haie]] | [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] | 49||11||15||26||40 | 11||1||3||4||24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | [[2019–20 DEL season|2019–20]] | Kölner Haie | DEL | 47||6||6||12||20 | —||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NLA totals ! 110!!22!!48!!70!!153 ! 24!!3!!8!!11!!14 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 221!!50!!101!!151!!163 ! 32 !! 5 !! 13 !! 18 !! 22 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 152!!22!!50!!72!!122 ! —!!—!!—!!—!!— |}
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