Geneviève Bannon (born February 3, 1995) is a Canadian

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, who last played with the

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section of the

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(PWHPA).

Playing career

Bannon began playing hockey at the age of four. She attended

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before finishing her high school at the Ontario Hockey Academy. She then moved to the United States to attend

Clarkson University Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York, and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region and Beacon, New York. It was founded in 1896 and has an enr ...

, where she studied psychology and played for the university's women's hockey programme. Across 160

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games with Clarkson, she scored 150

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, twice winning the NCAA championship. After graduating, she moved to Sweden to sign her first professional contract with newly-promoted

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in the

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(, SDHL), and was named an assistant captain for the club. In December 2017, she scored all five

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for Göteborg in a 5-2 victory over

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. 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

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, after being drafted by them 12th overall in the

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. She scored 7 points in 26 games in her debut

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(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

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, scoring one goal in five games as the country won gold.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bannon, Geneviève 1995 births Living people Göteborg HC players Les Canadiennes de Montreal players Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Clarkson University alumni Canadian women's ice hockey forwards People from Châteauguay Ball hockey players French Quebecers