{"id":528585,"date":"2026-03-11T07:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:24:08","slug":"campbell-vancouver-goldeneyes-finding-positives-to-build-on-in-inaugural-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528585\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell, Vancouver Goldeneyes finding positives to build on in inaugural season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The strategy helped the seventh-place Goldeneyes (5-1-3-9) push the PWHL-leading Boston Fleet to overtime on Tuesday. Boston ultimately took a 2-1 win. <\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Much of the game was a goalie duel, with Campbell and her Boston counterpart Aerin Frankel turning away a combined 34 shots over the first two periods. <\/p>\n<p>Fleet defender Haley Winn broke the goalless deadlock early in the third, and Hannah Miller responded for the Goldeneyes late in the frame to force extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Shay Maloney beat Campbell 41 seconds into overtime, lifting Boston (9-4-2-2) to its sixth straight victory.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the result, Campbell liked the way her team played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the team was really solid in front of me tonight, and honestly, I\u2019m just really proud of our effort,\u201d said the netminder, who made 25 saves. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great game. It could have gone either way, and once you get to overtime, it\u2019s just a game of mistakes. I just thought we were right there the whole time. And I\u2019m just really proud of the whole team, and know that we\u2019ll build off of this and keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boston tested Campbell repeatedly across the game, including on a second-period power play where Megan Keller launched a rocket on net from inside the faceoff circle. <\/p>\n<p>The Goldeneyes\u2019 goalie read the play perfectly and calmly plucked the shot out of mid-air. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was terrific. She gave us a chance,\u201d head coach Brian Idalski said of the performance. \u201cI thought she was really good on the (penalty kill). We gave up some grade-A looks there, and she was super solid. So nice outing for her.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Campbell spent her first two PWHL seasons in Toronto before the Sceptres dealt her to Vancouver at the draft last June. <\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old from Brandon, Man., has split the Goldeneyes\u2019 crease with Emerance Maschmeyer, and has a 2-1-0-3 record with a 2.17 goals-against average, a .918 save percentage and one shutout this season. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lighter load than she had in Toronto, where she went 16-0-0-6 with a 1.99 GAA, a .927 save percentage and three shutouts in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>No matter how much she\u2019s playing, Campbell is an important part of the team both on and off the ice, said Miller, who played with her in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s awesome. She always brings energy, great personality in the room for us. And we love playing in front of her,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all the confidence in the world and in all of our goalies. \u2026 It\u2019s one of the best feelings as a team, just having that trust and belief in your goaltenders. And we\u2019re lucky to have them here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Campbell may need to take on a larger role as the season continues. <\/p>\n<p>Maschmeyer missed Tuesday\u2019s game with an upper-body injury, and Idalski said she will be evaluated further. <\/p>\n<p>Taking on a bigger role doesn\u2019t trouble Campbell, who was the starting goalie for much of her time in Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it doesn\u2019t change anything for me. I\u2019m just showing up each day and doing what I can to help our team win, sticking to my performance identity out there, and just playing my game,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing the last two years in Toronto, carrying a lot of that load, I think stepping in now it\u2019s just like I\u2019ve done this kind of 100 times. So I just want to help the team as much as I can and help us get as many points as possible down the stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Goldeneyes are in the midst of a five-game homestand and will look to climb the table Saturday when they host the Ottawa Charge. <\/p>\n<p>After pushing the league\u2019s top team on Tuesday, the group can take confidence heading into that matchup, Campbell said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to win in this league. It\u2019s best-on-best every night, it can go either way,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I think, just our habits and our details and our compete level \u2013 I really think that that was one of the best games that we\u2019ve played a full 60 minutes and really battled. Even if the pucks weren\u2019t going in for us, we created a lot of opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The strategy helped the seventh-place Goldeneyes (5-1-3-9) push the PWHL-leading Boston Fleet to overtime on Tuesday. 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