Jessica Campbell grew up wanting to play in the NHL. Now she’s finding a place for herself in hockey’s top men’s league — and it’s behind the bench. The Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant is in a position to make it as a coach, something she couldn’t have imagined even a few years ago.
Sep 29, 2023 at 05:23 PM ETNow she’s finding a place for herself in hockey’s top men’s league — and it’s behind the bench.
On Monday, she stood behind an NHL bench for the Seattle Kraken in a preseason game against the Calgary Flames.“It’s motivating, it’s inspiring,” said Campbell of her experience on an NHL bench. “The other night was no different, being among the team, within the staff — and in that, it just showed me this is where I could get to.”
Campbell was a decorated player in the NCAA, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and Canada’s women’s national team, with whom she won silver at the 2015 world championship. ” went from two guys, to 10 guys, to all of a sudden 20-25 guys,” she said. “I’m running a training camp for the NHL playoffs.
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