[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Saturday March 18th, Anders and the entire Islanders team participated in the inaugural Anders Lee Kancer Jam, competing side by side with 32 teams of Fundraising fans. Every fan got the opportunity to play with and against an Islanders player, and an amazing time was had by all.[/vc_column_text][TS_VCSC_Lightbox_Gallery content_images=”557,556,555,554,553,552,551,550,549,548,547,546,545,544,543,542″ content_images_size=”large” data_grid_space=”4″ data_grid_shuffle=”true” lightbox_effect=”swipe”][/TS_VCSC_Lightbox_Gallery][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Captain John Tavares & Scott Mayfield defeated Anders Lee & Brock Nelson in the Players’ Tournament. The team of Keith Lavitt & Josh Rosenberg defeated Ara Movsesian & his 8 year old son Nick to advance to the Championship match, which went to double overtime. In the end, Team Lavitt/Rosenberg defeated Team Tavares/Mayfield to claim the Jammer Cup.
Thank you to all of our donors and fundraisers.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][TS-VCSC-Youtube content_youtube=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaewkaR5p60″ content_lightbox=”true” video_modest=”true” lightbox_play=”true” content_youtube_trigger=”image” content_youtube_image=”822″ overlay_background=”rgba(24,24,24,0.3)” overlay_title_back=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
About Anders Lee
Anders Lee is in his fourth full season as a left wing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in Edina, Minnesota, the eldest of 3 children. He graduated from Edina High School, where he was a standout athlete in hockey, football and baseball.
In football, he played quarterback and was the 2008 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year, the 2008 Metro player of the year, the National Football Foundation player of the year, a finalist for Minnesota’s “Mr. Football” and a two-time All-Conference and All-State performer. In hockey, was a finalist for the 2009 Minnesota’s “Mr. Hockey” award. He played one season of junior hockey with the Green Bay Gamblers in 2009-10 before attending the University of Notre Dame, where he captained the hockey team and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Mendoza School of Business.
Anders is very active in the community in New York, as well as his home state of Minnesota.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]