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HOCKEY — For the first time ever: Jessica Campbell, a 32-year-old Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada native, became the first woman earlier this month to begin working on the bench of a National Hockey League franchise as an Assistant Coach after the Seattle Kraken hired her to do so. She is the first woman in NHL history to hold an on-the-bench role as an assistant or associate coach in NHL history. She spent the past two seasons working as an Associate Coach for Seattle’s American Hockey League affiliate in Coachella Valley alongside Dan Bylsma, who was hired in late May as Head Coach of the Kraken. Emily Engel-Natzke was hired by the NHL’s Washington Capitals in 2022 as Video Coach, making her the first woman with a full-time assistant role in the league.

Nearly total packed houses: During the 2023-24 National Hockey League season, which was capped by the Florida Panthers winning their first-ever Stanley Cup trophy, fans filled are...