{"id":1461953,"date":"2022-01-04T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1461953"},"modified":"2022-01-04T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:32:01","slug":"alert-seattle-kraken-fan-brings-cancer-vancouver-canucks-staffers-attention-she-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/alert-seattle-kraken-fan-brings-cancer-vancouver-canucks-staffers-attention-she-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert Seattle Kraken Fan Brings Cancer to Vancouver Canucks Staffer's Attention: ‘She Saved My Life'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nadia Popovici is a true lifesaver. Just ask Brian “Red” Hamilton. Hamilton is the assistant equipment manager for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL,<\/a> and Popovici, a 22-year-old Seattle Kraken fan.<\/a> The two recently had a touching encounter after Popovici showed Hamilton a simple note during an October game against the Kraken. That message may have saved his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nadia Popovici may have saved Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian Hamilton with one quick look<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Seattle Kraken fan Nadia Popovici and Vancouver Canucks equipment manager Brian Hamilton greet one another during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on January 1, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. Popovici made headlines by alerting Hamilton at a previous game between the teams on Oct. 23 of a cancerous mole. | Steph Chambers\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The expansion Kraken were playing their regular-season home opener against the Canucks<\/a> on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. The team had played five straight games on the road and was 1-4. All eyes were on home ice as Seattle kicked off its inaugural season in the NHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two eyes, however, were drawn to the back of the neck of Hamilton, who was on the Vancouver bench. Those eyes belonged to Popovici, a 22-year-old who plans to attend medical school in the fall. Popovici subtly got the attention of Hamilton and pressed her phone against the glass that separated the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her phone was a note she typed. According to The Washington Post,<\/a> the message read: \u201cThe mole on the back of your neck is possibly cancerous. Please go see a doctor!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popovici said she realized the mole might be a problem after she spent time volunteering at local hospitals. She said she didn't want to make a big deal out of it in front of so many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI acknowledge that it\u2019s so uncomfortable to have something on your body pointed out and so I didn\u2019t want to make him feel uncomfortable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her short message may have saved Hamilton's life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Hamilton took Nadia Popovici's advice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The biggest win tonight \ud83d\udc99 pic.twitter.com\/6w0LGTcg9E<\/a><\/p>— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) January 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>