Since stepping on NHL ice for the first time in October, Matthew Schaefer has helped transform the NY Islanders organization from a “boring” team to one of the most exciting in the league.
Despite all he’s done on the ice, his greatest contribution has come off the ice as not only a fantastic hockey player, but as a terrific human being.
Yesterday, the NHL announced that Schaefer has signed on as a Hockey Fights Cancer champion, teaming with the V Foundation to raise awareness and continue the global initiative to fight cancer.
“When they told me of the opportunity, I jumped right on it,” Schaefer told Chris Lomon of NHLPA.