![]() “He’s been such a great mentor for me on the ice obviously, but off the ice we’ve worked together a lot on my mental game as well. “We’ve worked together since I was in high school and I moved to Winnipeg to play prep hockey,” said Campbell, who is originally from Brandon. One of those resources, of course, is Kollar. I feel that in order to get there, I need to be the complete package.” I try to exercise every possible resource I have, whether it’s the on-ice part, the sports psychology part, nutrition, strength and conditioning, and all these different things. Each day I want to make the most out of it. My mentality is that every day I can get a little bit better – that’s how I’ve approached hockey and life in general. ![]() “My goal was the Olympics from when I started playing. “I’ve always had that mentality since I was a young girl that I wanted to make it to the highest level possible,” said Campbell. “If you think you’re doing enough, you’re not,” said Kollar of what he tells other young goalies who aspire to follow in Campbell’s footsteps.Ĭampbell, who has most recently been training on the National Women’s Team roster as well as playing in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) Dream Gap Tour with some of women’s hockey’s top players, has been working a long time to get to where she is now. Iceplex Manager of Goalie Development Andy Kollar has for years been inspiring young goalies, both male and female, to play like and have the work ethic of Campbell. ![]() ![]() In Winnipeg, and specifically at Bell MTS Iceplex, those compliments would instead be for goalies to hear that they’re stopping the puck like Kristen Campbell. ![]() In the commercial, a coach uses female hockey players to elaborate his points, telling one player that he’s skating like Canadian Olympic star Marie-Philip Poulin, while telling another that his wrist shot looked like American superstar Hillary Knight’s. High-level female hockey players have been putting the phrase “you play like a girl” to shame for quite some time.īauer Hockey recently released a commercial promoting women’s hockey that turned that historically derogatory phrase into one filled with pride. Goal-setting goaltender: Kristen Campbell paves the way to the National Women’s Team for young Manitoba goalies ![]()
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