NHL star Nazem Kadri donates $1M to London hospital

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A surgical centre will bear the name of one of London’s most accomplished hockey players.

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Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri has donated $1 million to the London Health Sciences Foundation. The gift announced Thursday will support the Ambulatory Surgical Centre, which will be named the Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre.

The unit at the London Health Sciences Centre provides patients requiring low-risk surgeries an alternative operating location outside of the hospital. It has already provided care for more than 3,800 patients in the past two years.

Kadri, 31, was accompanied Thursday by his daughter and other family members for the announcement at the Sunningdale Golf and Country Club, where hospital officials were also in attendance.

Kadri was born in London and played for part of his OHL career with the London Knights before the Toronto Maple Leafs selected him as a first-round draft pick in 2009. He was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in 2019 and won a Stanley Cup with the team last season.

This summer, Kadri signed a seven-year, $49-million deal with the Calgary Flames.

Kadri’s family immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in 1968. He made history last month when he brought the Stanley Cup to the London Muslim Mosque, marking the first time the trophy was displayed inside an Islamic place of worship. He is the first Muslim player to win the NHL championship.