Remember When: Fan Saves The Life Of NHL Staff Member Through One-In-A-Million Interaction

Nadia Popovici was not expecting to save anyone’s life when she attended a hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Seattle Kraken in 2022. However, when the NHL fan spotted a suspicious-looking mole on the back of a staff member’s neck, she knew she needed to speak up. Thinking fast, she typed a message on her phone and held it up so that Brian Hamilton, the assistant equipment manager for the Canucks, could see it. Luckily, her words got his attention.

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“The mole on the back of your neck is possibly cancerous,” the woman had written, according to The Guardian. “Please go see a doctor!”

Thankfully, Brian decided to follow the NHL fan’s advice about his mole. He consulted a doctor and had the mark removed. When the tests came back, he found out that the mole was cancerous after all! However, since he took care of it early enough, he’d be just fine.

You might be wondering how Nadia Popovici was able to identify the malignant growth. As this NHL fan explained to the Seattle Times, she’d done some volunteer work at hospitals. There, she’d seen plenty of cancerous moles. As soon as she caught sight of the back of Brian’s neck, she knew something wasn’t right.

This NHL staff member really wanted to tell Nadia how grateful he was to her for pointing out his mole, but he had no idea how to find her. So, he took to X (then Twitter) to get the internet’s help.

It didn’t take long for Brian’s message to get around to Nadia, The Guardian tells us. At the next Canucks vs Kraken game, the assistant equipment manager actually got to meet the young woman who had saved his life. Not only did he thank her, but so did the two sports teams! Since she was headed for medical school, they announced that she would be receiving a $10,000 scholarship. How incredible is that?

Here’s one more amazing fact about the young woman who saved the life of a Canucks staff member. She was actually a Kraken fan!

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