Phil Kessel has had quite the run of great play on the ice and he is now set to receive an award off the ice as well.
Phil Kessel will be honored today at the Action for Cancer Awareness Awards in Washington D.C.
He was excused from practice and will rejoin the team tomorrow.
More information on the award: https://t.co/QmPtFdfaCN pic.twitter.com/oBhN0Mj8w7— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 27, 2018Kessel will receive the “Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award” at the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s 26th annual luncheon at the Library of Congress.