Islanders captain Anders Lee was announced the winner of this year’s King Clancy Memorial Trophy, presented annually to the NHL player “who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.”
Lee has long rallied support for the fight against cancer, notably the Jam Kancer in the Kan Foundation, inspired by and later in memory and tribute to Fenov Pierre-Louis. As Lee reflected in a post at the Isles official site:
“When I met Fenov Pierre-Louis in 2017, I had no idea how much of an impact he would have on my life.