Background
McCambridge was born in Thompson, Manitoba, but grew up in Selkirk.
McCambridge was born in Thompson, Manitoba, but grew up in Selkirk.
He is the head coach of the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League. He joined the Selkirk Steelers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League as a 16-year-old, playing one season before moving on to the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League, where he spent most of his major junior career. McCambridge was drafted in the eighth round, 201st overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1994 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
After junior, he spent three seasons with the Saint John Flames, Calgary"s AHL affiliate, from 1995 to 1998.
He later went on to play for several teams in both the American and the International Hockey Leagues, including the Las Vegas Thunder, Providence Bruins, Long Beach Ice Dogs, and Cleveland Barons. Known for his tough, bruising style of play, McCambridge recorded 42 points and 1333 penalty minutes in 461 regular season games, AHL and IHL combined.
He also played in 40 playoff games. In 2003, McCambridge signed as a player-coach with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. He spent three seasons with the Aces, as a captain wearing the number 2, and was a part of the their 2006 Kelly Cup championship team
McCambridge retired as a player following the Aces" championship season.
After retiring a player, McCambridge became a full-time assistant coach for Aces in 2006 and was promoted to head coach a year later. The Aces enjoyed two successful seasons under McCambridge"s guidance and advanced to the finals in 2008-2009. In 2009, McCambridge joined the Manitoba Moose as an assistant coach and later moved with the team to Saint John"s, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011.
The Winnipeg Jets, the parent club of the new Saint John"s IceCaps, subsequently selected McCambridge to replace Claude Noël as head coach.
McCambridge led the IceCaps to a division title in 2011-2012 and a berth in the 2014 Calder Cup finals, which they lost to the Texas Stars in five games. McCambridge was retained as head coach when the franchise relocated back to Winnipeg in 2015.