Banackock 8,140 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) Blake Campbell Biography Blake Campbell's Childhood Blake Campbell was born and raised in Denver, Colorado and led the life that most people would around there. His family and him lived in the suburbs in a nice, towering brick house with large windows. The neighbourhood was safe and quiet and you could often find the streets filled with children playing street hockey on a Saturday night. Everywhere you looked there was snow, ice and more snow so pretty much everything you did in Denver had to do with ice and snow. The one large perk to this is that hockey season is longer and for the Campbell family that's amazing to know. Why is that you ask? Because the Campbell family is one big hockey family! We're talking never miss a Colorado Avalanche game since 1998 big. They live, breathe and sleep hockey. Although his entire family absolutely loves hockey, there's three people who have impacted him the most. Firstly, Blake's cousin Brian Campbell plays in the NHL and is fairly well known for being a consistent, strong offensive dman for his organization. He was also the cool uncle who sent the cool hockey presents at Christmas time. Next comes his father, who he has said was one of his best friends growing up and somebody he could always count on. The last person to have a large impact on Blake's role and progression in hockey is the person who has also had the biggest impact on young Blake's career and life. They call it eachother their brother because that's exactly what they are. Blakes brother Jack was born 4 years earlier than Blake and had actually moved with his family from Michigan to Denver before having Blake as a baby. Being 4 years older than him, Blake obviously looked up to his older brother a lot. When they both started playing hockey, their parents thought it would best best that they didn't play the same position so Jack got the goalie equipment for Christmas and Blake got the player equipment. It worked for a while as both gained a lot of skill in both their positions, but Blake wasn't having as much fun as his older brother Jack. He continued to play though because that's what his older brother would do and everything he learned was from his brother. However, after the season was done, Jack had a talk with Blake and encouraged him to do what he would like most. That year, Blake asked for goalie equipment for his birthday because he knew Christmas would be too late if he wanted to be a goalie now. His parents, grandparents and uncle Brian surprised him on his birthday with brand new, red and white, matching Reebok pads, glove, blocker and even a sweet new stick. Immediately, the boys went down stairs, Blake laced up his new pads and all the kids at the party made up two teams to play a couple games. Blake in goal at one end of the cement floored basement, his brother Jack on the other. Blake continued to work hard at learning how to make himself stronger, consistent and better. He'd stay up late on game nights studying video footage of some of the best VHL goalies to ever play the game. He knew he was a long ways a way but if he could learn to play like them he'd have no worries. The moment that hockey season ended and most kids were hanging up their skates, Blake and Jack were still lacing their up and Summer Hockey Schools. There wasn't a moment that these two weren't playing on hockey and focusing on getting better. From the moment they were born, they knew hockey. Their determination, effort and skill hadn't gone unnoticed and it didn't take long for professional league scouts to catch on to this goaltending duo. Just as they always did during their childhood, the boys once again had something in common. They we're both playing for the stars! Except Jack Campbell was picked up by the NHL's Dallas Stars and is now playing for Texas in the AHL. Blake on the other hand played for the Denver Stars and is now awaiting his future in hopes to one day make it big the VHL. The Denver Stars He was selected 17th Overall in the Colorado Hockey League (CHL) by the Denver Stars and had automatically begun to start making a name for himself for how hard he worked in practice and for how strong he was with the media. He became a leader in the locker room, a voice on and off the ice and a strong figure for the Denver Stars organization. Not only that, but he became one of the best goalies to ever play for them and he was doing it all as a rookie player. By the end of his first season in the CHL, he managed to post a record of 25-13-3 with 2.89 GAA and a save percentage of .902 which had him nominated for rookie of the year only to come up short in votes for 2nd place. Games Played: 41 Wins: 25 Losses: 13 Overtime Losses: 3 Shutouts: 2 GAA: 2.89 SV %: .902 His second season with the Denver Stars was now an important one for him, whether he knew it or not. Due to his stellar performance during his rookie season, eyes were on him to see if he could repeat his strong play and show consistency. If he were able to do that, it would be safe to say that his skill level and potential are slightly or greater than the average goalies. Campbell didn't not fail his crowd of fans and spectators wishing him on as he made his last season look bad. He went on to win the Patrick Roy Trophy for best goalie during the regular season and was a nominee for MVP of the season. He also led his team to the championship finals only to lose in 2nd overtime of game 7. Games Played: 48 Wins: 33 Losses: 12 Overtime Losses: 3 Shutouts: 6 GAA: 2.31 SV %: 923 Where is he now? Blake Campbell is currently training at his Cabin on the mountain in Denver and is awaiting to see which team will choose him as their starter for the upcoming season. He continues to work hard and hasn't taken his focus off the main prize of becoming an elite goalie in the VHL 1,019 Words, 4 pics Edited December 12, 2014 by Banackock Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/15259-claimedblake-campbells-biography-final-10/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Overview: 5/5 - Covered everything in detail, good work. Grammar: 2.75/3 - bunch of little things. We're talking never miss a Colorado Avalanche game since 1998 big. -- We're talking "never miss a Colorado Avalanche game since 1998" big. there's three -- there are three dman -- defenseman, D-man? dman is weird. They call it eachother -- call each other Blakes brother -- Blake's play though because -- play though, because lacing their up -- theirs his Cabin -- cabin Presentation: 1/1 - Plenty of good presentation stuff here! Over 1000 Words? 1/1 Overall: 9.75/10 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/15259-claimedblake-campbells-biography-final-10/#findComment-162823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Admin Will 4,662 Posted December 15, 2014 Senior Admin Share Posted December 15, 2014 Overview: 5/5 Great job. Very detailed and you covered all the required things. Keep it up! Grammar: 2.75/3 Molholt got them all. Just a bunch of silly things that added up - nothing to worry about! Presentation: 1/1 Yup, great layout! Over 1000 Words? 1/1 Overall: 9.75/10 FINAL: 10/10 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/15259-claimedblake-campbells-biography-final-10/#findComment-163055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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