Canucks, Kraken Reward Fan Who Flagged Cancerous Mole

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A medical student was honored at a NHL’s Seattle Kraken game this weekend, credited with flagging a stranger’s cancerous mole through a note on her phone.

KTVO-TV reported that Nadia Popovici, 22, a graduate at the University of Washington, noticed a suspicious-looking mole on the neck of an opposing team’s staff member during an Oct. 23 Kraken home game. Popovici knocked on the glass partition to get the team’s attention and held her phone up to the glass with a message that told him the mole on his neck looked cancerous and that he should have it checked by a doctor.

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