Cassie Campbell

Former Captain of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team / Broadcaster

As the former Captain of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team and a heroine of Canadian sport, Cassie Campbell has taken part in three Winter Olympic Games, seven International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s Championships, nine Four Nations Cups and the Torino Ice Tournament. Campbell is the only captain, male or female, to lead Canada to two Olympic gold medals, and she is the longest serving captain in Canadian hockey history. Her teams have won 21 medals in total - 17 gold medals and four silver medals.

Campbell joined Hockey Night in Canada as a rink-side reporter after retiring from professional hockey in August 2006. On October 14, 2006, she became the first woman to do colour-commentary on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

Campbell holds an Honours Sociology degree from the University of Guelph, and an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia. She also runs an annual street hockey tournament that raises over $200,000 a year for Ronald McDonald House. Along with Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Mike Bossy, Campbell is a spokesperson for Chevrolet Safe and Fun Hockey Program. Ground has recently been broken on the Cassie Campbell Community Centre in her hometown of Brampton, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island officially named March 14th as Cassie Campbell Day.

In 2007, Campbell was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and she was the first female hockey player to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. She is currently working for TSN and CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and has recently published her first book, H.E.A.R.T. The book examines Campbell’s career and offers insight and advice on how to be a better athlete, and a better person.