Prior to joining the Firebirds, Campbell built her credibility working as a skating and skills coach, as many NHLers went to the Moosomin, Saskatchewan native for offseason power skating. She worked with the likes of Luke Schenn, Mat Barzal and Brent Seabrook over her career.

She made her professional coaching debut in 2020, as she was hired by the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League as a skating coach. Campbell went on to join the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the DEL in Germany in 2021-22 as a skills coach, before being promoted to assistant coach. In 2022, she was an assistant coach with Team Germany at the 2022 IIHF Men’s World Championship, becoming the first woman to coach in the tournament.

Campbell was also a pretty good player as well. She represented Canada at the 2009 and 2010 IIHF Women’s Under-18 World Championships, captaining her country to gold, and earning MVP honors, in 2010. Campbell also took home silver in her one and only appearance at the Women’s Worlds in 2015. She played four years at Cornell Univeristy, before a brief professional career that saw her win the Clarkson Cup with the Canadian Women’s Hockey League’s Calgary Inferno.

1. James Hagens, C (Boston College, NCAA)

Hagens is the clear No. 1 dog in this draft and would have had a realistic chance at challenging for the top spot in 2024 had he been born a few months earlier. The USA Hockey National Team Development Program product set the record for the most points at both the U-17 World Challenge and U-18 World Championship while being a driving force every time he hit the ice. He reminds scouts of Jack Hughes due to the way he combines skill and skating and he’s easily one of the most dynamic centers I’ve seen in a while. He’ll have a chance to replace Will Smith as Boston College’s top center next year, which will be a big step forward for him.

2. Porter Martone, RW (Brampton, OHL)

I really like Martone, who is truly a difficult player to contain. He helped Canada win gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August before embarking on his first full-time season with the Steelheads. Martone led the team with 33 goals and finished second with 71 points in 60 games, and had another six points in five games. The U-18 World Championship was icing on the cake as he kept himself in MVP contention from the start as Gavin McKenna’s right-hand man. Martone knows a thing or two about putting pucks in the back of the net – expect him to chase 50 on a competitive Steelheads squad next year. But he also continued to show his aggressive side, something that, on the surface, feels so odd the more you get to know him. His teammates consider him to be such a great guy, but he goes out there trying to rip people’s flesh off. He’s fun.

3. Anton Frondell, C (Djurgardens, Sweden U-20)

It was a shame we didn’t get to see Frondell at the U-18s because Sweden might have seriously had a shot at the gold medal game with him. Frondell has been fascinating to watch at the Swedish U-20 level, putting up about 1.6 points per game. Frondell was one of Sweden’s most productive junior players this year and even saw some pro action with Djurgardens’ Allsvenskan team. He only produced a single assist, but he showed he could hang with high-quality players all season long. Expect him to tear apart the Swedish U-20 league next year, assuming he doesn’t play a full year with Djurgardens’ senior squad.