Cassie Campbell-Pascall

Template:Short description Template:Missing information Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox ice hockey player Cassie Dawin Campbell-Pascall<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Post-nominals (born November 22, 1973) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and a broadcaster for ESPN/ABC, and formerly Sportsnet. Born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Campbell grew up in Brampton, Ontario, playing for the Brampton Canadettes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She was the captain of the Canadian women's ice hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the team to a gold medal. The left winger took on the role of captain again in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and again successfully led her team to a gold medal with a 4 – 1 win over Sweden.

Cassie was also captain of the Calgary Oval X-Treme, a team in the Western Women's Hockey League. Campbell has also played for the Toronto Aeros and the Mississauga Chiefs.

Campbell has done modeling, and hosted women's hockey segments on TSN's hockey broadcasts. She attended high school at North Park Secondary School Brampton, and is an alumna of the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

In honour of Campbell's success, the City of Brampton and Mayor Susan Fennell named a new Recreation Centre, the Cassie Campbell Community Centre, which officially opened in September 2008. The Board of Hockey Canada as well as Canadian hockey icon Wayne Gretzky attended the unveiling.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Post-playing career

Campbell retired from competitive hockey on August 30, 2006.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She then joined Hockey Night in Canada as a rinkside reporter, becoming (on October 14, 2006) the first woman to do color commentary on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.<ref name=ImmodestAndSensational/> She filled in when Harry Neale was snowed in at his home in Buffalo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She launched her website in the spring of 2008 and is a spokesperson for Scotiabank. She appears at corporate events for Scotiabank and contributed to a blog on the Scotia Hockey Club website.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On November 22, 2009, Campbell ran a leg in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch relay, through the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On November 26, 2013, after Rogers Communications secured a $5.2 billion deal with the National Hockey League for 12 years, Campbell joined Sportsnet's broadcast team, in addition to her Hockey Night in Canada role. Her last broadcast was the New York Rangers at the Toronto Maple Leafs game on December 19, 2023, after she accepted a new position as a special advisor role with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and announced on the air that this was the end of her broadcasting career after that game.<ref name="Campbell Leaves">Template:Cite news</ref> Though she left Sportsnet, she continues to work for ESPN in a smaller capacity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

During the 2010, 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Campbell provided colour commentary for women's hockey. She was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref name="Cassie Campbell">Template:Cite web</ref>

Before the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals, Campbell resigned from her role as a CWHL Governor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also reported that she wanted to resign from the league in 2016, but stayed on at the request of the league. During the two years, her biggest involvement had been helping to secure sponsorships for the league.

Campbell won Best Sports Analysis or Commentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.<ref>Andrew Jeffrey, "Canadian Screen Award winners named in sports programming" Template:Webarchive. RealScreen, July 21, 2021.</ref>

Campbell later joined the NHL on ESPN, who would broadcast games for the first time in 17 years, as part of their new broadcast team for the 2021–22 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Interests

Campbell also works as a motivational speaker for Speakers Spotlight, The Lavin Agency and The Sweeney Agency. She is also the author of a book which was released in October 2007. The book is titled H.E.A.R.T., a book co-written with Lorna Schultz Nicholson.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Personal life

Campbell was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario and raised in Brampton, Ontario. She is related to Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.<ref name=CanadianSport>Template:Cite book</ref>

Campbell is married to Brad Pascall, an assistant general manager of the NHL's Calgary Flames.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She gave birth to her first child, Brooke Violet, on November 17, 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2007, Campbell was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the same year as Doug Flutie. The June 2007 issue of Chatelaine magazine featured Campbell on its cover for the second time.

On June 16, 2011, Campbell received an honorary degree from the University of Guelph.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On June 25, 2012, Campbell received the Order of Hockey in Canada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was presented with the Canadian Women's Hockey League Humanitarian of the Year Award in March 2014. The award was presented to Campbell by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On June 30, 2016, Campbell was made a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) by Governor General David Johnston for "contributions to Canadian women's hockey as a player, broadcaster and role model."<ref name = Globe>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Cassie Campbell Community Centre in Brampton, Ontario is named in her honour.

During May 2018, Campbell-Pascall was part of a group of four female athletes, including Fran Rider, Jen Kish and Kerrin Lee-Gartner to publicly pledge their brain to a Canadian research centre. The posthumous donation shall be made to Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre to further research on the effect of trauma on women's brains.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career statistics

Career statistics are from Eliteprospects.com

Regular season

				Regular season
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	Mississauga Chiefs	COWHL		22	8	6	14	10
1995–96	Mississauga Chiefs	COWHL		19	2	7	9	12
1996–97	North York Aeros	COWHL		31	9	27	36	20
1998–99	Beatrice Aeros	NWHL		29	13	15	28	20
1999–00	Beatrice Aeros	NWHL		34	17	18	35	18
2003–04	Calgary Oval X-Treme	NWHL		9	7	8	15	6
NWHL totals				72	37	41	78	44

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	1	1	2	2
1997	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	2	6	8	4
1998	Canada	OG	Template:Silver2		6	1	2	3	8
1999	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	2	1	3	2
2000	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	3	3	6	0
2001	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	0	2	2	2
2002	Canada	OG	Template:Gold1		5	2	1	3	2
2004	Canada	WC	Template:Gold1		5	1	4	5	0
2005	Canada	WC	Template:Silver2		5	2	3	5	2
2006	Canada	OG	Template:Gold1		5	0	5	5	2
Senior totals					51	14	28	42	24

Awards and honours

• 1996 Guelph Sportswoman of the Year<ref name=CanadianSport/>
• 2007 Canada Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (Campbell becomes the first female hockey player inducted into the Hall)<ref name=ImmodestAndSensational>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 2008 A community centre is named after her in Brampton, Ontario. Cassie Campbell Community Centre
• 2012 Order of Hockey in Canada<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Member<ref name="Cassie Campbell"/>
• 2014 CWHL Humanitarian of the Year Award
• 2016 Member of the Order of Canada<ref name= Globe />

External links

• Template:Official website
• Cassie Campbell – Women's Hockey #77 Defense
• The Lavin Agency: Campbell profile
• Cassie Campbell – Profile on Speakers Spotlight
• Cassie Campbell Community Centre
• Cassie Campbell bio at The Sweeney Agency (speakers bureau)