Cassie Dawin Campbell-Pascall[1] CM (born November 22, 1973) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and a broadcaster for ESPN/ABC, and formerly Sportsnet.
The left winger took on the role of captain again in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and again successfully led her team to a gold medal with a 4 – 1 win over Sweden.
Cassie was also captain of the Calgary Oval X-Treme, a team in the Western Women's Hockey League.
[7] On November 22, 2009, Campbell ran a leg in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch relay, through the town of Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
Her last broadcast was the New York Rangers at the Toronto Maple Leafs game on 19 December 2023 after she accepted a new position as a special advisor role with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and announced on the air that this was the end of her broadcasting career after that game[9] Though she left Sportsnet, she continues to work for ESPN in a smaller capacity.
[25] On June 30, 2016, Campbell was made a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) by Governor General David Johnston for "contributions to Canadian women's hockey as a player, broadcaster and role model.
During May 2018, Campbell-Pascall was part of a group of four female athletes, including Fran Rider, Jen Kish and Kerrin 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.