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.
#HockeyTwitter, we need your help!
Please RT to spread the word and help us connect Red with the woman he considers his hero. pic.twitter.com/HlZybgOnjf
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) January 1, 2022
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.
#SeaKraken family! We need your help to find a woman who attended our home-opener on Oct. 23rd!
RT to spread the word! https://t.co/wOxR9Rru6J
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) January 1, 2022
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.
— Piers (@PStronge) January 1, 2022
Just an awesome story, and great on this fan for making the effort to get Hamilton’s attention. It clearly made a huge difference.
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