Captain Anders Lee couldn’t help but get a little choked up in his opening remarks for his third Kancer Jam event, after the Islanders’ 6-2 loss to the Stars on Sunday afternoon at Barclays Center.
At the first two events, Fenov Pierre-Louis, who became tight friends with Lee, was the speaker but the teenager lost his battle with cancer on July 18.
Lee’s wife, Grace, said Sunday’s event had already raised more than $117,000 to benefit charities and organizations that support families affected by cancer. The second Kancer Jam had raised more than $225,000.
“I think we were both dreading and looking forward to this day for a while because we wanted to represent Fenov in the best way possible and that’s a challenge if you ever heard him speak and the way he holds himself,” Grace Lee said.