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Jessica Campbell, a former pro hockey player in Canada, is the first woman assistant coach in the NHL as the Kraken promoted her from their AHL affiliate.
Jessica Campbell became the first female coach for the NHL when the Seattle Kraken named her an assistant on their team Wednesday, the league announced.
The Seattle Kraken are making history with the hiring of Jessica Campbell who becomes the first woman to serve as a full-time coach in the National Hockey League. Driving the news: The Kraken announced Wednesday that Campbell and Bob Woods had been hired as assistant coaches on Dan Bylsma's coaching staff.
The Seattle Kraken hired Jessica Campbell on Wednesday as an assistant coach, making her the first woman in the National Hockey League to hold this title.
Campbell has spent the past two seasons working as an assistant coach for Seattle's AHL affiliate in Coachella Valley alongside Coach Dan Bylsma, who was hired in late May to take over the head job with the Kraken.
The Seattle Kraken hockey team has appointed a woman to be their newest assistant coach, making her the National Hockey League’s first-ever female full-time coach. Jessica Campbell, 32, was with the Coachella Valley Firebirds before working with the Seattle team.
The Seattle Kraken have made a historic hire, having appointed Jessica Campbell as an assistant coach The move makes Campbell the first woman in NHL history to be hired for a role behind the bench. Campbell,
But Jessica Campbell being hired by the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday as the first woman to be an NHL assistant coach has opened an entirely new set of doors for women's coaches at all levels of hockey.
Campbell had been considered a top candidate to be the new head coach of the Firebirds, but instead she will be an assistant with the Kraken
Jessica Campbell is making history as the first woman assistant coach in the NHL. Read about her backstory and why she was a sure hire for the Seattle Kraken.
The hiring of Jessica Campbell has been celebrated across the sporting world as she is the first woman to hold a full-time major NHL coaching job.
Campbell was named one of the team's new assistant coaches on Wednesday, after two years as an assistant in the AHL
Campbell was hired Wednesday for the Kraken, becoming the first woman in an on-the-bench role as an assistant or associate coach in NHL history. She was a decorated player in the NCAA and in Canada.
Campbell was hired by the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to hold an assistant or associate coach role in NHL history.
Will be assistant to Bylsma in Seattle, which has been at forefront of movement to hire women in hockey When the Seattle Kraken announced that Dan Bylsma was being hired as the team’s new head coach on May 28,
Jessica Campbell was named the Kraken's assistant coach on Wednesday, making her the first female coach in the National Hockey League.
Once her playing career ended, Jessica Campbell found a new passion in coaching. At the time, she may not have expected it would eventually lead her to the NHL, let alone as the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise.
Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has
Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on an NHL bench after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach on Wednesday.