{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = Kennedy Marchment.jpg | caption = Marchment with the Connecticut Whale in 2023 | image_size = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|12|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = Courtice, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 154 | position = Right wing | shoots = Right | league = | team = Free agent | former_teams = Montreal Victoire<br>Connecticut Whale<br>HV71<br>Linköping HC<br>St. Lawrence Saints | played_for = <!-- Teams a retired player played for --> | ntl_team = | career_start = 2014 | career_end = }}
'''Kennedy Marchment''' (born December 6, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, who most recently played for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017-18 Women's Hockey Roster: 16 Kennedy Marchment|url=https://saintsathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/kennedy-marchment/5614|access-date=2021-06-16|website=St. Lawrence University Athletics|language=en|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200140/https://saintsathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/kennedy-marchment/5614|url-status=live}}</ref>
She was selected 2nd overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2017 NWHL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-08-18|title=Saints' Marchment chosen second overall by Buffalo in NWHL|url=https://www.nny360.com/sports/local-women-s-hockey-saints-marchment-chosen-second-overall-by-buffalo-in-nwhl/article_75de1f8c-2d90-53a1-b042-513125b6f2b9.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406144020/https://www.nny360.com/sports/local-women-s-hockey-saints-marchment-chosen-second-overall-by-buffalo-in-nwhl/article_75de1f8c-2d90-53a1-b042-513125b6f2b9.html|archive-date=April 6, 2020|access-date=2020-08-16|website=NNY360|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Strandberg|first1=Andreas|last2=Ljungquist|first2=Carl|date=2019-04-18|title=HV71 värvar rivalens storstjärna|url=https://www.jp.se/artikel/hv71-varvar-rivalens-storstjarna|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406144018/https://www.jp.se/artikel/hv71-varvar-rivalens-storstjarna|archive-date=April 6, 2020|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Jönköpings-Posten|language=sv|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bodin|first=Uffe|date=2020-03-27|title=Poängdrottningen förlänger med seriesegraren|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/03/27/kennedy-marchment-forlanger-med-hv71|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406144020/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/03/27/kennedy-marchment-forlanger-med-hv71|archive-date=April 6, 2020|access-date=2020-08-16|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Meredith|date=2019-12-04|title=HV71 is the SDHL's most dominant team|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/12/4/20973444/hv71-is-the-sdhls-most-dominant-team-sweden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406144018/https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/12/4/20973444/hv71-is-the-sdhls-most-dominant-team-sweden|archive-date=April 6, 2020|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Ice Garden|url-status=live}}</ref> She was named a finalist for the Forward of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title=Här är alla vinnare från SDHL Awards|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/05/27/sdhl-awards-vinnare-2020|access-date=2021-06-16|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629022506/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/05/27/sdhl-awards-vinnare-2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canada's Kennedy Marchment named PHF's Most Valuable Player |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/phf-hockey-awards-2021-22-season-1.6460249 |website=CBC |access-date=9 December 2023 |language=en |date=19 May 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209235826/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/phf-hockey-awards-2021-22-season-1.6460249 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="cbc">{{cite web |last1=Mulligan |first1=Preston |title=Nova Scotians make history in first Professional Women's Hockey League draft |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotians-make-history-in-first-pwhl-draft-1.6971528 |website=CBC |access-date=9 December 2023 |language=en |date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209235826/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotians-make-history-in-first-pwhl-draft-1.6971528 |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 2, 2024, PWHL Montreal announced that she had been placed on long-term injury reserve, with Mélodie Daoust called up from reserves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PWHL Montreal signs Alexandra Poznikoff to main roster, adds Melodie Daoust to Reserve Player list |url=https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/pwhl-montreal-signs-alexandra-poznikoff-to-main-roster-adds-melodie-daoust-to-reserve-player-list |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Daily Faceoff |language=en}}</ref> She would not play another game for Montreal before her contract ended after the 2024-25 season.<ref name="hockeynews">{{cite web |last1=Laprade |first1=Pat |title=Whatever Happened To Montreal Forward Kennedy Marchment? |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/whatever-happened-to-montreal-forward-kennedy-marchment |website=The Hockey News |language=en |date=12 December 2025}}</ref>
=== International === Marchment was invited to Team Canada's selection camp for the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, but was not selected.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jay|first=Michelle|date=2020-08-04|title=2020 Top 25 Under 25 {{!}} Honorable Mentions 1: Sarah Potomak, Kennedy Marchment|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/8/4/21348106/2020-womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-honorable-mentions-sarah-potomak-kennedy-marchment|access-date=2021-06-16|website=The Ice Garden|language=en|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920153210/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/8/4/21348106/2020-womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-honorable-mentions-sarah-potomak-kennedy-marchment|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal life == Marchment is the niece of former NHL player Bryan Marchment, cousin of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Mason Marchment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2018-09-17|title=Hennes farbror var NHL-buse – själv toppar hon SDHL:s poängliga|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/09/17/kennedy-marchment-lhc-sdhl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406144026/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/09/17/kennedy-marchment-lhc-sdhl|archive-date=April 6, 2020|access-date=2020-08-16|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2025 |title=Blue Jackets acquire F Marchment from Kraken for draft picks |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-acquire-f-marchment-from-kraken-for-draft-picks/ |access-date=December 20, 2025 |website=TSN.ca}}</ref> On October 13, 2025, she announced her engagement to her former Montreal Victoire teammate Sarah Lefort.<ref name="hockeynews" /> She was formerly in a relationship with her former Connecticut Whale teammate Allie Munroe.<ref name="cbc" />
== 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 ! Team !! League !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2011–12 | Durham West Jr. Lightning | Prov. WHL | 33 || 15 || 22 || 37 || 6 | 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Durham West Jr. Lightning | Prov. WHL | 31 || 26 || 20 || 46 || 20 | 7 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 6 |- | 2013–14 | Durham West Jr. Lightning | Prov. WHL | 37 || 29 || 37 || 66 || 24 | 8 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 8 |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 36 || 12 || 17 || 29 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2015–16 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 36 || 11 || 18 || 29 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 36 || 20 || 36 || 56 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2017–18 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 34 || 16 || 24 || 40 || 28 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 36 || 25 || 27 || 52 || 12 | 12 || 4 || 5 || 8 || 2 |- | 2019–20 | HV71 | SDHL | 36 || 32 || 32 || 64 || 8 | 4 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21 | HV71 | SDHL | 34 || 28 || 44 || 72 || 14 | 5 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 2 |- | 2021–22 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 20 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 8 | 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 2 |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 24 || 17 || 18 || 35 || 6 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 |- | 2023–24 | Montreal | PWHL | 9 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |PWHL totals ! 9 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 ! — || — || — || — || — |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marchment, Kennedy}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers Category:Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Category:Connecticut Whale (PHF) players Category:HV71 (women) players Category:Linköping HC (women) players Category:Ice hockey people from Clarington Category:St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Montreal Victoire players Category:Durham West Jr. Lightning players Category:LGBTQ ice hockey players