Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell
Retired hockey defenceman who played 11 years in NHL with teams like the Los Angeles Kings. He later became the NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 January 1953
audit ensure fair free process seen widely work
This years audit findings show there is still significant work to be done to ensure that the process of appointment is widely seen as open, fair and free from interference.
accept candidate nomination party sign
The party would not accept the nomination if the candidate did not sign the nomination form.
beat cut fans front game managers players sell trying
This time, coaches, managers and players can't cut us up and beat us up in front of the fans we're trying to sell the game to.
helmet hurt intent trying
We didn't feel it was Tucker's intent to hurt Janssen with the helmet ... he was trying to get the helmet off and I don't think he was trying to use it as a weapon.
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Fans needed to be entertained and our game wasn't that entertaining because coaches were good. Coaches knew how to instill left-wing locks, traps, and combined with holding and hooking and pushing the envelope as far as you could . . . coaches knew what you could get away with.
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that little call that could decide a game.
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It's going to be like: 'Enough is enough. Shut up,'
annual conference dealt election issues party
That is not to say there will be an election before annual conference in September. But those are issues that will be dealt with by the party shortly.
game offensive process reward trying
We're just trying to make the game better. Our thought process is that we want to reward the offensive part of the game.
helmet hurt intent trying
We did not feel it was Tucker's intent to hurt Janssen with the helmet. He was trying to get the helmet off and I don't think he was trying to use it as a weapon.
hurt intent
We did not feel it was Tucker's intent to hurt Janssen with the helmet.
comparable forever hockey league market minor money paying rate teams
We won't go on forever dumping money into this team. We need a market rate lease or a lease comparable to what other minor league hockey teams are paying in the WHL.
calling game late sticking
(The referees) have been calling (penalties) and sticking to them. They've been calling them when it's 5-on-4 and they've been calling it late in game and in overtime. It's made for a better game.
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We'll be focusing on rules changes that have been brought forth over the last year and a half. We understand certain changes have to be made, but we don't want knee-jerk solutions. We don't think the game is as bad on the ice as some people make it out to be. That's a side effect of our problems off the ice. But we do understand some changes have to be made.