Kim Deschênes
| Kim Deschênes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Deschênes with the Montreal Force in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 7, 1991 St-Quentin, New Brunswick, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Right | |||||||||||||||||||
| PWHPA team Former teams |
Montreal Force Canadiennes de Montreal Montreal Carabins | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Deschênes (born August 7, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was mostly recently signed to the Montreal Force of the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation. She played five seasons with the Canadiennes de Montreal of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), until the league ceased operations in 2019.
Playing career
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For five seasons, Deschênes competed with the Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program in Canadian Interuniversity Sport play, capturing a national championship 2012.
CWHL
[edit]Selected in the first round of the 2014 CWHL Draft, Deschênes participated in the 2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game, which both took place at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.[1] On December 31, 2015, Kim Deschênes and the Canadiennes participated in an outdoor women's ice hockey game against the NWHL's Boston Pride. Known as the 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic it was the first-ever professional women's ice hockey outdoor game.[2] Deschênes would score the first goal of the game.[3]
Deschênes scored a goal as a member of Team Black in the 2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game.[4] She would also appear with Les Canadiennes in the finals of the 2016 Clarkson Cup.
International play
[edit]Deschênes participated with Canada in the women's ice hockey tournaments at the 2011 and 2013 Winter Universiade, capturing a gold medal in both events. Among the players named to the 2013 roster, Deschênes was the only returning player from the 2011 team.[5] For the 2013 team, Deschênes was also named as the captain of the Canadian team.[6]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2011-12 RSEQ Second-Team All-Star [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Teams Have Been PIcked". cwhl.ca. 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "Women's hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". nhl.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Happy for Winter Classic Showcase". nhl.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "TEAM BLACK WINS 2016 CWHL ALL-STAR GAME". Canadiennes de Montreal. 2016-01-25. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "2013 Winter Universiade: CIS announces Canadian women's hockey roster". en.cis-sic.ca. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "2013 Winter Universiade: Deschênes to captain Canada's women's hockey team". en.cis-sic.ca. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "Bettez named league MVP as five Martlets merit all-star honours". mcgillathletics.ca/. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
- Clarkson Cup champions
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
- Ice hockey people from New Brunswick
- Les Canadiennes de Montreal players
- Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey players
- Montreal Force players
- People from Bathurst, New Brunswick
- Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
- Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen