Canucks are trying to find the fan who spotted a team staffer's cancerous mole from the stands
Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian “Red” Hamilton is looking for help from Hockey Twitter after a fan seated behind the team bench very well may have saved his life.
The Canucks posted an open letter from Hamilton — the team’s longtime equipment staffer who worked his 1,000 game with the team last season — which explained what happened during the Canucks’ Oct. 23 game against the Kraken in Seattle.
According to the letter, a fan seated behind the bench caught Hamilton’s attention and showed him a message on her phone that advised him to get a mole on his neck checked out. She was concerned it could be melanoma.
Hamilton took that advice to heart and visited a doctor who confirmed that the mole was malignant melanoma. The mole has since been removed, and Hamilton — along with the Canucks — wanted to find this fan to thank her.
The Seattle Kraken are also helping with the search.
It’s still unclear who the fan was, but in the moments after the team’s tweet, Hockey Twitter was able to find a Getty photo of the Canucks’ bench on Oct. 23. Hamilton could be seen with the red hair, black mask and blue Canucks jacket.
Just an awesome story, and great on this fan for making the effort to get Hamilton’s attention. It clearly made a huge difference.
Update: They found her!