Andrew Campbell signed with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1st, 2017 after entering free agency from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Campbell was originally a third round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings, however he also played 33 games with the Arizona Coyotes in the 2014-2015 season.
“Soupy” had spent the previous two seasons as the captain of the Toronto Marlies, and so with a vacancy to be filled the Tucson Roadrunners named Campbell the second captain in franchise history.
Campbell is hardly the flashiest or most productive player to wear the “C” in Tucson. In an 11 year career that spanned 719 AHL games and 42 NHL games, he never scored more than 24 points in a single season. Typically, he didn’t even reach 20 points as a mostly stay-at-home style defender.
Andrew Campbell shown wearing this jersey in an April 11th, 2018 matchup versus the San Diego Gulls.
His game worn white jersey from that 2017-2018 season has a nice amount of wear.
The right sleeve has a few marks and several thick repairs in the copper and brick bands around the elbow. The left sleeve also has a few scattered marks and two separate repair clusters in the sleeve. The chest has a puck mark near the “C”, and the hem of the front has a nice area of black scuffing or residue.
The back of the jersey has multiple stick and puck marks on the left side of the jersey. There are marks below the nameplate, as well as in the middle and lower regions of the left side. The nameplate has a slash through the “M” and “P” of its lettering.
Soupy was the captain when the Roadrunners made their first and only run in the AHL Playoffs. To that point, he had played professional hockey for 10 years and made the playoffs eight of those seasons. In more than half of those seasons, he was the captain or an alternate captain.
Who says leadership in the room doesn’t matter?