Summary: Cassie Campbell-Pascall has earned many milestones in Canadian sport. As Captain of Team Canada, she helped deliver some of the sweetest wins in national hockey history. She went on to make broadcast history as the first woman to do colour commentary for Hockey Night in Canada. Her career in the broadcast booth, like her time on the ice, is a story of big wins earned through hard work- and the occasional flash of lumber in the corners as required. Cassie sits down with host Anastasia Bucsis for a sweeping talk about the good ole hockey game, of course, but also about the challenges all women’s team sports face today. In Hockey, as in Soccer and Rugby, Canadian women are competing at the highest levels in the world- and so what are the steps that need to be taken to get their fan base, their money, their infrastructure, their leagues, fully on par with the men? The conversation goes deep into the one topic that is seemingly unavoidable in women’s team sports- which is that legendary, ornery, take-no-prisoners rivalry that fuels Canadian-American tilts. Campbell has a deeply funny but nuanced take on the grudge. It defined her time in the sport, and she admits it still bugs her badly when Americans win, but 13 years out of the game, she can socialise with her former foes now, but still. Ultimately, in a conversation that all athletes can relate to, Campbell-Pascall shares insights about the delicate business of retiring from sport and finding your way in the long second act of working life.
