A local product has won an NHL award for some really excellent work in the community. Kevin Hodgson, of the HEROS Hockey Foundation, has been named the 2020-21 winner of the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award.
Kevin Hodgson is the recipient of the 2021 Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award presented by @massmutual! #NHLOReeAward pic.twitter.com/KOTkyr5IZ6
— NHL (@NHL) June 17, 2021
Hodgson was honoured with the award following a round of fan balloting between him and two other well-deserving finalists – Renee Hess of the Black Girl Hockey Club and Howard Smith of Pittsburgh I.