Together with the @SeattleKraken, we awarded Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a show of our appreciation 👏 pic.twitter.com/VgK8aMgJTA
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 2, 2022
The Kraken and Canucks are giving 22-year-old Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school, thanks to her identifying a cancerous mole on the back of Canucks Equipment Manager Brian "Red'' Hamilton's neck. Hamilton during the Canucks' Oct. 23 game in Seattle "noticed a woman behind the bench pressing her phone against the plexiglass." The message on her phone expressed concern that she "believed a mole on the back of Hamilton's neck was cancerous and that he needed to get it checked." It turned out she was "right." The Canucks on Saturday posted a letter from Hamilton "retelling the story of how all this played out and expressing his thanks and desire to meet the woman in question." Within the hour, both the Canucks and Kraken said that the 22-year-old Popovici had "been contacted." The pair were "able to meet" about 90 minutes before the Kraken and Canucks played on Saturday night (AP, 1/2).
