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Campbell, 32, a former Canadian women's
national team star and assistant coach with the Kraken minor
league franchise Coachella Valley Firebirds for two seasons,
joins new head coach Dan Bylsma at the league's youngest
franchise.
The groundbreaking signing follows a handful of similar coaching
staff appointments in other major North American professional
men's sports leagues in recent years, although top coaching jobs
remain exclusively male.
"Jessica and I spent the last two years coaching in Coachella
Valley," said Bylsma. They took that franchise to the American
Hockey League's championship series in two straight seasons.
"She has the ability to relate to players about their games and
what they bring to a team. She's demonstrated that over the last
two seasons."
Campbell's professional hockey resume includes assistant
coaching stints with the German men's national team in 2022 and
with the Deutsche Eishockey Liga's Nurnberg Ice Tigers.
(Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago; editing by Clare Fallon) [© 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights
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