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| Formation | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Focus | Cancer research |
| Owner | National Hockey League |
Key people | Timm Harmon (founder) |
| Website | Hockey Fights Cancer |
Hockey Fights Cancer is a charitable initiative of the US and Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) dedicated to raising money and awareness toward cancer research. It was founded in 1998 as an outgrowth of a similar program instituted by the Tampa Bay Lightning after former player John Cullen made a brief NHL comeback after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The program had raised over US$14 million according to its Web site in 2015.[1]