Kristen CAMPBELL

Canada

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 30 Nov 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: BRANDON, MB

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: CALGARY, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Women CAN Canada	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Indoor Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #2 CAN Canada 12 SUI Switzerland 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #7 CAN Canada 11 FIN Finland 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #13 ROC ROC 1 CAN Canada 6	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #17 USA United States 2 CAN Canada 4	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals #22 CAN Canada 11 SWE Sweden 0	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Play-offs Semifinals #25 CAN Canada 10 SUI Switzerland 3	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Gold Medal Game #28 CAN Canada 3 USA United States 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Women's World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN

Nickname:

Soupy

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studied Nutrition and Dietetics and Sport. Graduated in 2020 in Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, USA).

Family:

Father, Brent. Mother, Janet. Older brother, Kyle.

Club name:

Independent

Position style:

Goalkeeper

Hand:

Left

Debut:

2021 World Championships

National league:

Professional Women's Hockey Players Association

Start:

Started playing hockey at age 9, started playing full-time goalie at age 12.

Reason:

Grew up playing street hockey with her older brother, who always put her in net, leading to her falling in love with goal-tending. (olympic.ca, 2022)

Training:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she incorporated training exercises that could be practiced at home like yoga, strength training, and using a slide board. Also held Zoom sessions with other goaltenders around the world performing "competitive concentration games". (hockeycanada.ca, 22 Aug 2021)

Hero:

Two-times Canadian Olympic gold medallist Cassie Campbell. Kristen wore #77 to pretend to be her on the ice. (olympic.ca, 2022)

One of her first goalie coaches, Tyler Plante. "When I was a little kid, I would go to his games and watch him play, and he’s the reason I wanted to become a goaltender... He taught me everything I know about the position." (brandonsun.com, 24 Mar 2019)

Philosophy:

"Show up every day, put in the work and get rewarded." (brandonsun.com, 24 Mar 2019)

Award:

Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2019)
Second Team All-American (2017/18; 2018/19)
WCHA Goaltender of the Year (2018)
Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-10 Finalist (2018)
All-WCHA Academic Team (2017/18)
All-WCHA First Team (2017/18)

General Interest

FRESHMAN SEASON
Began her college career at the University of North Dakota, but was forced to go elsewhere after the program was dropped due to budget cuts at the school in 2017. “It was a very challenging time. Honestly, it kind of blew me out of the water. I was very shocked, along with my other teammates.” (hockeycanada.ca, 22 Aug 2021)

PLAYING CAREER
University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, USA (2016-17); University of Wisconsin Badgers, USA (2017-20).

Milestones

Won an NCAA championship with the Wisconsin Badgers in 2019 and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four. She did not allow a single goal in the whole tournament, becoming the first woman in history to achieve the feat.

Set a franchise record for victories (35) in the 2018/19 season with Wisconsin.

Social Media

Legend

#:: Game
:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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