On October 4, 2018, Anders Lee was named as the captain of the New York Islanders. If you remember it was announced on the day their season got started against the Carolina Hurricanes and in the pregame show the camera cut to him putting on that jersey with the "C" on his chest beaming from ear to ear with a smile.
Since then, Anders Lee has been nothing but an excellent leader both on and off the ice. Today, was no different from what we've seen over the last 18 months.
Lee's a native of Edina, Minnesota which is roughly 10 miles from where an awful tragedy took place on May 25.