Posted on 01/03/2022 11:42:50 AM PST by nickcarraway
Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for advising Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton to get a mole behind his neck checked out.
Popovici was sitting behind Hamilton as she watched the Canucks play the Seattle Kraken on October 23. Unsure if Hamilton was aware of the mole, Popovici banged on the glass window to catch his attention and showed him a message she had typed on her phone.
Following her advice, Hamilton did get the mole checked out and it proved to be a malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer. With the Canucks scheduled to play the Kraken in Seattle on Saturday, the Vancouver team posted a message on social media as they tried to track down Popovici so Hamilton could thank her personally.
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That’s a nice story for the beginning of the year.
literal “crowdsourcing”
“That’s a nice story for the beginning of the year.”
I know what you mean.
Interesting it hinges on something bad being found.
If it turned out to be nothing would it be as “nice” and would it be seen as a busybody giving him a scare?
I had no idea that there is a team called the Kraken.
Paul Benedict was a cast member of the tv show The Jeffersons. His oversized jaw and large nose were partially attributed to acromegaly; he was first diagnosed with it by an endocrinologist who saw Benedict in a theatrical production.
A UN translator.
How the heck did the team’s health care professionals and/or the guy’s own miss that?!
“I had no idea that there is a team called the Kraken.”
First year in NHL.
What a great story.
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