Kristen Campbell

Kristen Campbell made history at the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four by shutting out every opponent in the playoff run, becoming the first woman to win the championship without allowing a goal. She was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. That performance capped a season in which she had already set a Wisconsin single-season wins record, and set NCAA season highs in goals-against average, wins, and shutouts.

Campbell grew up in Brandon, Manitoba, and began her college career at the University of North Dakota, where she appeared in five games during the 2016-17 season before the Fighting Hawks abruptly shut down their women's program at season's end. She transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where in her first eligible season she was named WCHA Goaltender of the Year, earned All-America honors, and was a Top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. In her final season with the Badgers — shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic — she backstopped Wisconsin to the top of the WCHA regular-season standings and became the fourth goaltender in program history to record 90 wins.

On the international stage, Campbell has been a fixture with Hockey Canada across multiple levels. She won a silver medal at the 2015 U18 World Championships, then added Olympic gold in 2022 and World Championship gold medals in 2021, 2022, and 2024, along with a silver at the 2023 World Championship. Before the PWHL was formed, she competed in the PWHPA for two seasons — 2021 and 2022-23, with a break for Olympic centralization — posting a .920 save percentage in 11 appearances for Team Scotiabank while winning five games.

Campbell was drafted 14th overall by PWHL Toronto, where she worked with goalie coach Brad Kirkwood both at the club level and with Hockey Canada. She was named PWHL Goalie of the Year in the league's inaugural season Pro Drills with Kristen CampbellPro Drills with Kristen Campbell. She now plays for the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

InGoal Magazine has covered Campbell extensively, with Kevin Woodley documenting her technical work and off-ice training in detail. A 2023 piece Pro Tips: Kristen Campbell’s Puck-Handling Secrets captured Campbell's approach to puck handling at the NET360 Goalie Camp, where Woodley observed her making passes at every available opportunity during practice — a habit she and Kirkwood have deliberately built into their preparation. "He always makes us handle the puck," Campbell said. "I think it's important that no matter what's happening on the ice you're finding a way to keep improving your puck handling."

A four-part Pro Drills series Pro Drills with Kristen CampbellPro Drills with Kristen CampbellPro Drills with Kristen CampbellPro Drills with Kristen Campbell drew on practice footage from PWHL Toronto to walk through fundamentals Campbell and Kirkwood emphasize, from crease movement and intentional scanning habits to butterfly edge control and visualization. On the value of scanning, Campbell was direct: "When I started working with [Kirkwood] he would always yell at me for scans but in games I don't think you can ever scan too much" Pro Drills with Kristen Campbell. On visualization, she described how Kirkwood builds specific situational imagery into drills — sometimes with eyes closed — as a way of preparing for game-speed reads. "I find then when we get into a goalie session it does feel like you have already done that drill and you are just more prepared to start with pucks," she said Pro Drills with Kristen Campbell.

Campbell has also appeared in two articles alongside manual osteopathic therapist and kinesiologist James Wendland Pro Training with Kristen Campbell (and James Wendland)Pro Training with Kristen Campbell (and James Wendland), filmed at her KC Elite Goaltending Camp. The work covered hip alignment, balance, and gaze stability, with Campbell noting the effect the foot and ankle training had on her movement on the ice: "It felt like my foot was finally opened up and unlocked and before it was super rigid in my skate," she said 5 Damn Things to Improve Goalie Feet. Wendland's client list, as noted in InGoal's coverage, includes Campbell and James Reimer 5 Damn Things to Improve Goalie Feet.

InGoal Magazine has covered Kristen Campbell in two podcast appearances, four drill breakdowns, and six InGoal articles.