Cassie Dawin Campbell-Pascall (born November 22, 1973) is a former

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player and a current broadcaster for

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and

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. Born in

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, Campbell grew up in Brampton, Ontario, playing for the Brampton Canadettes. She was the captain of the Canadian women's ice hockey team during the

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and led the team to a gold medal. The

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took on the role of captain again in the

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, and again successfully led her team to a gold medal with a 4 – 1 win over Sweden. Cassie was also captain of the

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, a team in the Western Women's Hockey League. Campbell has also played for the

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and the

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. Campbell has done modeling, and hosted women's hockey segments on TSN's hockey broadcasts. She attended high school at

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Brampton, and is an alumna of the

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, in

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, Canada. In honour of Campbell's success, the City of Brampton and Mayor

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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. She then joined ''

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'' as a rinkside reporter, becoming (on October 14, 2006) the first woman to do

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on a ''Hockey Night in Canada'' broadcast. She filled in when

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was snowed in at his home in Buffalo. She launched her own 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. On November 22, 2009, Campbell ran a leg in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch relay, through the town of

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. On November 26, 2013, after

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secured a $5.2 billion deal with the

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for 12 years, Campbell joined

's broadcast team, in addition to her ''Hockey Night in Canada'' role. During the

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and

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, Campbell provided colour commentary for women's hockey. She was inducted into the

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in 2012. Prior to the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals, Campbell resigned from her role as a CWHL Governor. 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. At the

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in 2021, Campbell won the award for Best Sports Analysis or Commentary. 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.

Interests

Campbell also works as a motivational speaker for Speakers Spotlight, The Lavin Agency and The Sweeney Agency. Campbell 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

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Personal life

Campbell was born in

and raised in

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. She is related to

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, author of Anne of Green Gables. Campbell is married to Brad Pascall, an assistant general manager of the

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. She gave birth to her first child, Brooke Violet, on November 17, 2010. In 2007, Campbell was inducted into the Canada Sports Hall of Fame, the same year as

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. 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

. On June 25, 2012, Campbell received the

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. 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. On June 30, 2016, Campbell was made a Member of the Order of Canada by

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for "contributions to Canadian women's hockey as a player, broadcaster and role model." The ''Cassie Campbell Community Centre'' in

is named in her honour. During May 2018, Campbell-Pascall was part of a group of four female athletes, including

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and

Kerrin Lee-Gartner Kerrin Anne Lee-Gartner (born September 21, 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medallist from Canada. Born in Trail, British Columbia, she grew up in Rossland and raced as a youngster at Red Mountain. 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.

Career statistics

Career statistics are fro
Eliteprospects.com

Regular season

International

Awards and honours

*1996 Guelph Sportswoman of the Year *2007 Canada Sports Hall of Fame Inductee ''(Campbell becomes the first female hockey player inducted into the Hall)'' *2008 A community centre is named after her in Brampton, Ontario. Cassie Campbell Community Centre *2012

*2012

Member *2014 CWHL Humanitarian of the Year Award *2016 Member of the Order of Canada

References

External links

*
Cassie Campbell - Women's Hockey #77 Defense

Cassie Campbell - Profile on Speakers Spotlight

Cassie Campbell Community Centre

Cassie Campbell bio at The Sweeney Agency (speakers bureau)
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