Because the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs proceed, increasingly more award winners from the 2023-24 NHL season are introduced. On Tuesday, the league introduced that this yr’s winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, an award given to the participant who “greatest exemplifies management qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his group” could be given to New York Islanders captain Anders Lee.
Lee is not any stranger to creating noteworthy humanitarian contributions in his group, as a lot of his time without work the ice has been spent combating in opposition to most cancers. In 2017, Lee created a bond with Islanders fan Fenov Pierre-Louis, who sadly misplaced their battle with most cancers in the identical yr.
Since Pierre-Louis’ loss of life in 2017, Lee has arrange the Fenov Students Scholarship, yearly awarded to a handful of highschool college students who’ve aided a peer of their struggle in opposition to most cancers. Exterior of the scholarship, Lee repeatedly hosts most cancers victims at Islanders’ residence video games by giving them tickets and presents, and taking part in a meet-and-greet after the sport.
In honor of the award, the Nationwide Hockey League will award Lee a donation of $25K, and subsequently to the charity of his selection. The league will even reward a $20K donation to the Islanders, serving to create a particular exercise for the humanitarian reason for Lee’s selecting.
