NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Robin Lehner’s storybook season just keeps getting better.
On Monday, the Islanders’ lead goaltender was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week.
Just in case you’ve been been living under a rock for the last four months, Lehner penned an article in The Athletic prior to the start of the regular season about his struggles with bipolar disorder and substance abuse, not long after signing a one-year, $1.5 million prove-it deal with the Islanders as a free agent.
What has happened since is the stuff of Hollywood. Lehner, 27, has been embraced by Islanders fans and hockey enthusiasts across North America for not only his stellar play, but the humility he has shown waging a very public fight against opponents much more dangerous than anyone he’d actually face on the ice on any given night.