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
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With the rule changes that the league has adopted for the upcoming season, we believe that Stephen is ideally suited to provide direction and guidance to our on-ice officials. His judgment and professionalism on the ice, coupled with the respect he has earned as one of the top officials in the game, will be of great benefit in his transition to the officiating management ranks.
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We knew this would happen because players are competitive and they do what they have to do to win the game. So this is how the players and the managers have asked us to do handle it.
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We want to keep the toughness in the game. You're allowed to check. You're allowed to bang. You're allowed to get in there and push. You're allowed to fight.
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You really don't want to kiss a hamster.
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Our game reports are not for public dissemination and particularly not for politicians who may be using this whole disjointed affair to seemingly garner votes.
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He was very soft, sweet and he gave Diana all the attention she lusted after,
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He went way beyond the limits. He was going for the player's eye. He did damage to the guy's eye. That wasn't a punch, he was trying to grab the player's eye with his thumb - after he speared him first. And he's a repeat offender.
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They just want make sure of where we're at in terms of the goalie equipment issue.
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In the 70s, high oil prices were a shock... People woke up, but then they relaxed.
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I definitely didn't know that the major corporations, like Fox and CNN, were seen as either left or right. The information is more important or applicable around elections. I'll definitely look at reporting companies to see the difference in bias then.
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I can understand why this always went away in November and December. The pressure is there to make it go away now. And we don't want it to go away. That's why we're hitting it head-on with the managers. If we don't stay the course, we're in trouble. We've made a commitment and we have to stay the course.
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I liked the rebuttals the best during the debate because they interacted more emotionally.
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The general managers understand where the game is at and they don't want to be dinosaurs. They're willing to look at things because we all understand we have to bring some interest back.
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The freedom she had, once out of her cage -- it empowered her,