Shannon Turner

Shannon Turner (born March 6, 1992) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. She served as captain of the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).

Playing career NCAA At the NCAA level, Turner accumulated 25 points with the Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey program from 2010 to 2012, and 53 points with the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program over the course of two seasons, 2012–13 and 2014–15 (she missed the 2013-14 season due to injury). During her time with the Boston University Terriers, the program would win four consecutive Hockey East championships (2012–15). In the aftermath of the 2015 Hockey East tournament, Turner joined Kayla Tutino and captain Marie-Philip Poulin on the All-Tournament Team.

Premier Hockey Federation On December 31, 2015, Turner was one of three Connecticut Whale players (including Kate Buesser and Kaleigh Fratkin that were loaned to the Boston Pride. The three donned the Pride jerseys for one day and participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women’s hockey game. She was named to the 2019 and 2020 NWHL All-Star Games.

She was named team captain for the Whale ahead of the 2019-20 season. She announced in June 2020 that the 2020-21 NWHL season would probably be her last in professional hockey. However, she pushed back her planned retirement and re-signed with the Whale in October 2021.

In October 2022, the Whale announced that Turner had signed an additional one-season contract and would captain the team for the 2022–23 PHF season. Turner retired following the 2023 Isobel Cup playoffs.

Personal life Outside of hockey, Turner teaches English at Greenwich Country Day School. She has a Master's degree in British literature.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2015-16 Connecticut Whale NWHL 18 2 3 5 12 3 0 1 1 2 2016-17 Connecticut Whale NWHL 15 0 7 7 22 - - - - - 2017-18 Connecticut Whale NWHL 15 0 5 5 20 1 0 0 0 4 2018-19 Connecticut Whale NWHL 13 3 5 8 10 1 0 1 1 2 2019-20 Connecticut Whale NWHL 24 2 9 11 36 2 0 0 0 7 2020-21 Connecticut Whale NWHL 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2021-22 Connecticut Whale PHF 20 2 5 7 10 2 0 2 2 2 2022-23 Connecticut Whale PHF 23 0 7 7 12 3 0 2 2 4 NWHL/PHF totals 132 9 43 52 122 13 0 6 6 21

Awards and honours Colgate Raiders Rookie of the Year (2010–11) PHF Foundation Award (2021–22)