Cassie_Campbell-Pascall

Cassie Campbell-Pascall

Cassie Campbell-Pascall

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster


Cassie Dawin[1] Campbell-Pascall CM (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.[2] 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.

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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 2007. The Hockey Canada Board and Wayne Gretzky attended the unveiling.

Retirement from hockey

Campbell retired from competitive hockey on August 30, 2006.[3] 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.[4] She filled in when Harry Neale was snowed in at his home in Buffalo.[5] 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.[6]

On November 22, 2009, Campbell ran a leg in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch relay, through the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.[7]

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 19 December 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[8] Though she left Sportsnet, she continues to work for ESPN in a smaller capacity.[9][10]

During the 2010, 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics,[11] Campbell provided colour commentary for women's hockey. She was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.[12]

Before the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals, Campbell resigned from her role as a CWHL Governor.[13] 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.[14]

Campbell later joined the NHL on ESPN, who will broadcast games for the first time in 17 years, as part of their new broadcast team for the 2021–22 season.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

Campbell is married to Brad Pascall, an assistant general manager of the NHL's Calgary Flames.[18] She gave birth to her first child, Brooke Violet, on November 17, 2010.[19][20][21]

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.[22]

On June 25, 2012, Campbell received the Order of Hockey in Canada.[23] 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.[24] 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."[25]

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.[26]

Career statistics

Career statistics are from Eliteprospects.com

Regular season

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International


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Awards and honours


References

  1. "Cassie Campbell Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. "Cassie Campbell-Pascall | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. "Cassie Campbell retires from national team". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. 2006-08-30. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  4. Hall, M. Ann (2008). Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55277-021-4.
  5. "Scotiabank Hockey Club Home". Archived from the original on 2009-10-11.
  6. Sportsnet Staff (18 December 2023). "Cassie Campbell-Pascall leaving Sportsnet, joins PWHL as special advisor". Rogers Sportsnet. Toronto: Rogers Communications. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. DiCristoforo, Andrea (2023-12-18). "Five Exclusive NHL Games this Week on ESPN+/Hulu". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  8. "Three Exclusive NHL Games this Week on ESPN+/Hulu". ESPN (Press release). January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  9. "Cassie Campbell-Pascall - CBC Media Centre". Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  10. "Cassie Campbell". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  11. Ken Campbell (20 March 2018). "Cassie Campbell-Pascall resigns as CWHL governor ahead of league's marquee weekend". The Hockey News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  12. Shapiro, Sean. "ESPN names Chris Chelios, Cassie Campbell-Pascall to NHL broadcast team". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  13. Campbell, Cassie. H.E.A.R.T. ASIN 1551683156.
  14. Ferguson, Bob (2005). Who's Who in Canadian Sport. Vol. 5. Markham, ON and Allston, MA: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-55041-855-2.
  15. "HNIC's Campbell-Pascall has baby girl". CBCSports.ca. The Canadian Press. November 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  16. "Former Olympic hockey star Cassie Campbell has baby girl - CTV News". 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  17. Hampson, Sarah (2012-05-07). "How motherhood changed Cassie Campbell's life". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  18. "Guelph Breaking News - Guelph's Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  19. "Wayne Gretzky, Jean Beliveau among Order of Hockey recipients". CBC News. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  20. "Canada's Honour Roll". The Globe and Mail. June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  21. Morgan Campbell (10 May 2018). "Four high-profile Canadians to donate their brains for research into concussion effects in women". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  22. "Wayne Gretzky, Jean Beliveau among Order of Hockey recipients". CBC News. April 10, 2012. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
Preceded by
Therese Brisson (1999-2001)
Captain, Cdn National Women's Hockey Team
2002-06
Succeeded by

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