Colin Campbell (ice hockey, born 1991)

Colin Campbell (born April 17, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing with the Colorado Eagles in the American Hockey League (AHL). He won the Calder Cup with the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2017.

Not to be confused with Colin Campbell (ice hockey).

Colin Campbell
Born (1991-04-17) April 17, 1991
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Winger
Shoots Right
AHL team
Former teams		 Colorado Eagles
Grand Rapids Griffins
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present

Prior to turning professional, Campbell played four seasons with Lake Superior State University before signing as an undrafted free agent with the Detroit Red Wings organization.

Playing career

Early career

Although Campbell began skating before he was four years old, he also played golf, baseball, football and rugby growing up before eventually committing to hockey when he was 15. He began his minor hockey career by playing on the AAA Toronto Red Wings Midget team in the Greater Toronto Hockey League.[1]

In 2008, Campbell graduated from Dunbarton High School while playing with the Vaughan Vipers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.[2] In December 2009, Campbell committed to play NCAA Division 1 hockey for Lake Superior State University.[3] While serving as captain for the Vaughan Vipers, Campbell was invited to the 2009 Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game[4] and 2009 World Junior A Challenge.[5] At the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, Campbell was awarded the OJHL Top Prospects Award.[2]

Campbell began his freshman season at Lake Superior State University during the 2010–11 season. He played in 37 games and recorded seven points. After a standout sophomore season, Campbell missed the first 30 games of the 2012–13 season due to an offseason shoulder surgery.[2]

After the conclusion of his senior year, Campbell signed a two way entry level contract with the Detroit Red Wings on March 17, 2014.[6] On the same day, he also signed an amateur tryout contract with the Red Wings American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, to complete the season with them.[7]

Professional

Campbell made his AHL debut on March 21, 2014.[8] He scored his first AHL goal against the Rockford IceHogs on March 29.[9][10]

In his first full season with the Griffins during the 2014–15 season, Campbell recorded five points in 44 games. Following the introduction of head coach Todd Nelson, Campbell gained time on the Griffins penalty kill and recorded a career high 18 points in 70 games during the 2015–16 season.[11] He also recorded his first professional hat-trick during a 7–3 win over the Lake Erie Monsters on December 26, 2015.[12]

On October 3, 2016, Campbell was released from his professional try out with the Red Wings and returned to the Griffins for the 2016–17 season.[13] He won the Calder Cup with the Griffins that season.[14]

Campbell re-signed a two-year contract with the Grand Rapid Griffins on August 24, 2017.[15] He attended the Red Wings 2017 Training Camp but was returned to the Griffins for the 2017–18 season.[16] During that season, Campbell played in his 200th AHL game on November 18, 2017, against the Rockford IceHogs[17] and later recorded his second professional hat trick in a 6–4 win over the Cleveland Monsters to help clinch second place in the division leading up to the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs.[18] During the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs, Campbell was suspended from Game 3 against the Manitoba Moose due to an illegal check to the head.[19]

Campbell celebrating the Calder Cup victory with the Griffins in 2017.

Campbell began the 2018–19 season on the sidelines due to an upper body injury. He missed 13 games before returning to the lineup.[11]

After six seasons within the Griffins organization, Campbell left the club as a free agent. On September 23, 2019, Campbell accepted an invitation to attend the 2019 training camp of the Colorado Avalanche.[20] Withd a successful pre-season Campbell was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, and was signed to a professional try-out contract to begin the 2019-20 season on October 4, 2019.[21]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Vaughan Vipers OJHL 47 24 42 66 39 9 7 2 9 0
2009–10 Vaughan Vipers OJAHL 46 32 44 76 55 5 3 2 5 6
2010–11 Lake Superior State Univ. NCAA 37 4 3 7 12 — — — — —
2011–12 Lake Superior State Univ. NCAA 37 9 16 25 32 — — — — —
2012–13 Lake Superior State Univ. NCAA 9 0 3 3 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Lake Superior State Univ. NCAA 36 14 15 29 26 — — — — —
2013–14 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 13 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 2
2014–15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 44 2 3 5 29 7 0 1 1 2
2015–16 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 70 10 8 18 58 9 1 1 2 7
2016–17 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 57 9 11 20 35 17 0 4 4 15
2017–18 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 72 10 25 35 56 4 0 0 0 2
2018–19 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 63 8 11 19 24 5 3 0 3 2
2019–20 Colorado Eagles AHL 48 10 16 26 21 — — — — —
AHL totals 367 50 74 124 228 45 4 6 10 30

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada East U19 WJAC 4th 4 1 2 2 4
Junior totals 4 1 2 2 4

Honours and achievements
Award Year Ref
OJHL
OJHL Top Prospects Award 2010 [2]
AHL
Calder Cup (Grand Rapids Griffins) 2017 [14]
gollark: You may be up to 3 (three) political without sanctions.
gollark: Well, apparently they need water.
gollark: I actually managed to kill a cactus from underwatering.
gollark: I don't know, neuroscience is hard.
gollark: (and provide rehab-y services of some kind for people who want to stop)

References
  1. "DEPENDABLE WORKHORSE". griffinshockey.com. October 14, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. "Colin Campbell". lssulakers.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. "Lakers add new recruits during fall signing period". sootoday.com. December 13, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. "Pickering's Colin Campbell makes roster for CJHL Prospects Game". durhamregion.com. December 7, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. "CANADA EAST ROSTER ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 WORLD JUNIOR A CHALLENGE". hockeycanada.ca. October 16, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  6. "Red Wings sign Lake Superior State's forward Colin Campbell to 2-way, entry-level contract". NHL.com. March 17, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  7. "CAMPBELL SIGNED TO ATO". griffinshockey.com. March 17, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  8. "COLIN CAMPBELL". griffinshockey.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. "Division-Leading Griffins Tour Through Illinois, Host Milwaukee". oursportscentral.com. January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019. Colin Campbell first goal (March 29, 2014 vs. RFD)
  10. "GRIFFINS OWN SIX-POINT DIVISION LEAD HEADING INTO FINAL SEVEN GAMES". April 1, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2019. Colin Campbell scored the game-winning goal at 17:17 of the second period, marking his first professional point since being signed to an amateur tryout on March 17
  11. Pearson, Jason (December 20, 2018). "CAMPBELL HELPS MAKE GRIFFINS' PENALTY KILL MMM MMM GOOD". griffinshockey.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  12. "7TH HEAVEN". griffinshockey.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  13. "CAMPBELL RETURNED TO GRAND RAPIDS BY DETROIT". griffinshockey.com. October 3, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  14. McNair, Brian (June 19, 2017). "Pickering pair win Calder Cup hockey championship with Grand Rapids Griffins". durhamregion.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  15. "GRIFFINS RE-SIGN CAMPBELL FOR TWO YEARS". theahl.com. August 24, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  16. Kujawa, Kyle (October 1, 2017). "Detroit reduces roster to 33". NHL.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  17. "THIS WEEK'S MENU: MOOSE". griffinshockey.com. November 21, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2019. Colin Campbell played in his 200th game as a Griffin last Saturday at Rockford
  18. Peter J. Wallner (April 14, 2018). "Griffins get big performances to clinch second place". mlive.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  19. "Griffins' Colin Campbell suspended for Game 3 of series". The Detroit News. April 24, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  20. "Avalanche reduces roster to 37". Colorado Avalanche. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  21. "Colorado Eagles make series of transactions". oursportscentral.com. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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