When Carlee Campbell was officially named the captain of Team White for the 2016-17 CWHL All-Star Game — I’ll be honest — I didn’t know a thing about her.
But the more I looked into it, the more I knew there was a story to tell.
The initial reaction is to call her ‘the John Scott of women’s hockey’ - and Natalie Spooner did, to laughs at the All-Star Draft. Campbell, like Scott, was a relative unknown winning a fan vote ahead of league MVPs, Olympic heroes and scoring champions. It’s an easy connection to make.
But that is where the similarities end.