Jessica Campbell (ice hockey)

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Jessica Campbell
Calgary Wranglers vs. Coachella Valley Firebirds - October 29, 2022 - Jessica Campbell Assistant Coach (52484938474).jpg
Campbell as assistant coach for the Coachella Valley Firebirds in 2022.
Born (1992-06-24) June 24, 1992 (age 31)
Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 137 lb (62 kg; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for
Current AHL coach Coachella Valley Firebirds
Coached for
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 20102020
Coaching career 2017present
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden

Jessica Eve Campbell [1] (born June 24, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey coach for the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the American Hockey League and former forward with the Canadian women's national team. She made her debut playing with the Canadian national team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup and won a silver medal with the team at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship. [2]

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Her professional career was played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) with the Calgary Inferno and in the Swedish Damettan with the Malmö Redhawks.

Playing career

Early career

Campbell was a three-year member of Team Saskatchewan, twice serving as team captain. [3] She represented Saskatchewan at the National Women's Under-18 Championship in 2007, as the team finished fifth overall. She won a gold medal at Saskatchewan provincials with the Melville Millionaires in 2006. In 2007, she competed in the Mac's Midget Tournament with the Melville Prairie Fire. She participated for Saskatchewan at the 2008 National Women's Under-18 Championship and placed fifth again. The following year, she played for Saskatchewan at the 2009 National Women's Under-18 and led the team to a seventh-place finish. Of note, Campbell led Melville in scoring in 2006-07 and 2007–08.

She was also part of Hockey Canada's Pursuit of Excellence team. She captained Pursuit of Excellence in 2008–09 and 2009–10. She won a silver medal at the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament with Pursuit of Excellence in 2009, where she was recognized as top forward and tournament MVP. In 2009–10, she finished second in scoring and helped the Pursuit of Excellence win the 2010 Challenge Cup of the Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL). In the 41 games she played with Pursuit of Excellence, she scored 57 goals and 47 assists for 104 points. [4]

Cornell Big Red

Campbell’s college ice hockey career was played with the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program of Cornell University in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2010–11 season through the 2013–14 season.

On October 23, 2010, Campbell scored a hat-trick against the Robert Morris Colonials. Two of the goals came on the power play. In the 2010 ECAC Hockey semifinals, Campbell notched a goal in the win over the Quinnipiac Bobcats. Although she missed the ECAC Hockey championship game against Dartmouth due to injury, Campbell returned to the lineup for the NCAA Frozen Four loss to the Boston University Terriers on March 18. [3] Campbell finished her inaugural season with the Big Red by appearing in 31 contests played, registering 11 goals and accumulating 15 assists for 26 points and a +22 rating.

CWHL

At the 2014–15 CWHL All-Star Game, Campbell served as the captain for Team White, becoming the first-ever rookie to serve as an All-Star Game captain. Campbell scored the only goal for Team White in a 5–1 loss to Team Black at the 2015–16 CWHL All-Star Game. [5]

In February 2016, she organized a fundraiser for Do It For Daron (DIFD), a non-profit organization that promotes "open dialogue about youth mental health." [6] During the event, Calgary Inferno players donned purple jerseys, the official color of DIFD. [7]

Campbell helped the Calgary Inferno capture their first-ever Clarkson Cup championship in 2016. Contested at Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre, she scored twice in an 8–3 victory over Les Canadiennes de Montréal. [8]

International play

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden
World U18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Germany
4 Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden

Campbell first played with the Canadian women's national under-18 team in a March 24, 2010 contest versus the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) All-Stars. She scored the first goal of the game for Team Canada, as the OWHA All-Stars defeated the under-18 team by a 3–2 tally. [9]

Campbell led Canada's national under-18 team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship in Chicago. She was team captain, led all players in scoring, and scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the gold medal game against the United States. For her efforts, she was named Most Valuable Player by the tournament directorate and was selected as a top-three player for Canada by the coaches. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, she was featured on a hockey card in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series. [10] In addition, she participated in the Canada Celebrates Event on June 30 in Edmonton, Alberta which recognized the Canadian Olympic and Worlds champions from the 2009–10 ice hockey season. [11]

Coaching career

After retiring from the Canadian national team in 2017, Campbell began coaching. [12] As owner of JC Powerskating, her clientele included Tyson Jost, Stanley Cup champion Joel Edmundson, and Olympic gold medalist Natalie Spooner. [13]

In July 2022, she was hired as assistant coach of the Coachella Valley Firebirds, the top minor league affiliate of the NHL's Seattle Kraken. In her new role, she became the first woman to be employed on a full-time basis as a behind-the-bench coach in the AHL. [14]

Personal life

Campbell participated in the sixth season of Battle of the Blades, a Canadian reality show in which ice hockey players are teamed up with figure skaters and perform pairs routines in front of a panel of judges each week in an effort to win money for their selected charities. She was paired with ice dancer Asher Hill and the team skated for the mental health advocacy organization Do It For Daron. Campbell and Hill were the runners up to the season’s champions, Meagan Duhamel and Wojtek Wolski. [15]

In 2023, Campbell was announced as a brand ambassador for Can-i Wellness oral spray supplements. [16]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2006–07Melville Prairie Fire SFMAAAHL 28167234430008
2007–08Melville Prairie FireSFMAAAHL28279364442138
2008–09Pursuit of ExcellenceCAN-HS30541670
2009–10Pursuit of ExcellenceCAN-HS415747104
2010–11 Cornell Big Red NCAA 3111152618
2011–12 Cornell Big RedNCAA33591418
2012–13 Cornell Big RedNCAA341682438
2013–14 Cornell Big RedNCAA3314223647
2014–15 Calgary Inferno CWHL 2112517420000
2015–16 Calgary InfernoCWHL22101020632020
2016–17 Calgary InfernoCWHL20761316
2017–2019did not play
2019–20 Malmö Redhawks Damettan 5102121664154
NCAA totals1314654100121
CWHL totals632921502652020

Sources: [17] [18] [19] [20]

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2009 Canada U18 WW18 Silver medal icon.svg52790
2010 Canada U18WW18Gold medal icon.svg578154
2015 Canada WW Silver medal icon.svg50004

Sources: [20] [21]

Awards and honours

International
College
Professional

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