Jessica Campbell made history on the opening night of the National Hockey League (NHL) season by becoming the first ever female assistant coach in the league.

The 32-year-old Canadian became the first female assistant coach in NHL history - the last in the country to be an exclusively male domain.

Comedian Nikki Glaser has shared a humorous response after being mistaken for Jessica Campbell, who this week made her debut as the first ever female assistant coach in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Seattle Kraken assistant coach Jessica Campbell made history on Tuesday, Oct. 8 by becoming the first woman to coach in the NHL. She then revealed that she initially ignored an email about the job because she thought it was spam.

While women have held coaching positions in the NBA, MLB and NFL for years, no woman has ever coached full-time in the NHL — until now.

The league welcomed its first female full-time assistant coach behind the bench. Jessica Campbell joined the Seattle Kraken in July as an assistant coach. And, while preseason games have been happening for a while now,

Campbell is a first-year coach for Seattle and the first woman to be an assistant or associate coach in NHL history. The Kraken hired Campbell in July after she spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the team’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, gaining experience with Seatte’s new head coach, Dan Bylsma.

History was made in the first game of the 2024-25 NHL season as Jessica Campbell was introduced as an assistant coach of the Seattle Kraken. It’s the first time a woman has been a coach in the league,

Jessica Campbell received applause as she took her place behind the bench during the Kraken's season opener against the St. Louis Blues in Seattle.