Anders Lee
Anders Lee was born in Edina, Minnesota, United States on July 3rd, 1990 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 34, Anders Lee biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Anders Mark Lee (born July 3, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey winger who plays for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Lee attended the University of Notre Dame, where he competed for the Fighting Irish ice hockey team.
In the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted in the sixth round, 151st overall.
Early life and high school
Lee was born in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, to Thomas (Tom) and Lisa Lee. From a young age, he excelled in football, ice hockey, and baseball. In 2004, he attended Saint Thomas Academy high school in Mendota Heights. He joined the varsity ice hockey team as an eighth-grader and competed with Jordan Schroeder. He competed in the Class A high school hockey tournament at St. Thomas Academy, winning the championship in 2006 and playing again in 2007.
Lee returned to Edina High School in the fall of 2007. Although private-to-public school transfers were unusual, a daily 20-mile round trip to St. Thomas and a desire to play with teammates were influencing his decision. He made a dramatic difference in both football and hockey in his junior year. For the Edina Hornets, who finished with a 10-1 record after losing to eventual state champion Eden Prairie in the Section 6AAAAA championship game, he gained the starting quarterback position and passed for 2,049 yards and 14 touchdowns. The Edina Hornet football team had the best finish in the past decade. He moved to hockey in the winter, where he came in third in scoring for his team with 54 points (32 goals and 22 assists). He was selected to the Pioneer Press All-State First Team. The AP All-State team was given an honorable mention. In the Class AA 2008 state hockey tournament, he led the hockey team to a 26-1 record and a second-place finish. He appeared in spring baseball as both a pitcher and third baseman.
Lee had a breakthrough year in football as a senior. He went for 2,007 yards and five touchdowns as quarterback and ran for 1,105 yards and 32 touchdowns, averaging 308.7 yards per game. He was named as the 2008 Minnesota Gatorade Football Player of the Year, the Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year, and he was voted a finalist for Minnesota's "Mr. Football" in honor of former Minnesota professional player Varmah Sonie. In a 42–56 loss to Hopkins High School, Lee holds the state record for most all-purpose yards in a game, passing 581 yards (477 passing and 104 rushing). Despite individual on-field success, the Hornets went 6–4 this year and did not make the playoffs.
Lee's success in football extended to ice, where he spent another fruitful season with the Hornets ice hockey team. During his senior year, he was one of the top scorers in the league, scoring 25 goals and 59 assists in 31 games. He led the Hornets to a 24–3 regular season record and 2009 high school hockey tournament appearance. Despite being the first seed in the tournament bracket, the Hornets lost in the first round to the eighth seed, Moorhead High School. The Hornets would win the consolation final, finishing fifth overall in the Class AA tournament. Nick Leddy, a now-professional hockey player and former New York Islanders teammate, was a finalist for the annual "Mr. Hockey" award in 2009. Lee, who plays for Team Southwest in the pre-season Upper Midwest Elite League, has scored 12 goals and 17 assists in 18 games. Many scouts rated him as one of Minnesota's top athletes. Although Lee was given the opportunity to play both football and hockey at Harvard and Minnesota, Lee ultimately decided to play hockey at the University of Notre Dame.
Personal life
After seeing a video of cancer patient Fenov Pierre-Louis at a Jam Kancer in the Kancer, Lee began collaborating with Jam Kancer in the Kan. Since then, Lee has hosted numerous events for the charity, raising over $300,000 for childhood cancer, and the Fenov Pierre-Louis Memorial Scholarship, which he gives to five high school seniors. Ryan Connelly, Lee's cousin, went to Wisconsin, was a football player. Anders holds a degree in Management Consulting from Notre Dame.
Playing career
In the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Lee was selected in the sixth round, 151st overall, by the New York Islanders. Lee arguably could have gone higher in the draft, but many teams were concerned he would choose football over hockey. Many scouts were also concerned with his skating. He spent the upcoming season playing for the Green Bay Gamblers in the United States Hockey League (USHL) and was their leading scorer. He scored 35 goals with 31 assists and had a team-best +38 plus-minus rating with 54 penalties-in-minutes in 59 games and was chosen for the 2010 All-Star Game. He was named Playoff MVP after scoring 10 goals with 12 assists and finishing +10 in 12 playoff contests. He was also named "Rookie of the Year" for the season. The following season, Lee was the second-leading scorer for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) as a freshman as the team were one of the turnaround stories in college hockey, finishing second in the CCHA after finishing ninth the previous season. He scored a team-leading 24 goals with 20 assists and his 44 points were topped only by fellow freshman T. J. Tynan, who had 54 points. After falling in the CCHA playoff semi-finals and consolation games, Notre Dame rebounded to capture the NCAA Northeast Region and advanced to the Frozen Four, losing to eventual national champion University of Minnesota Duluth in the semi-finals. In the 2011–12 season, Lee was the second-leading scorer for Notre Dame as a sophomore. He scored 17 goals with 17 assists and was minus-one with 24 penalty minutes. The Fighting Irish finished eighth in the league, reaching the tournament quarter-finals against the University of Michigan after defeating Ohio State University in an opening round series.
Lee received his first call-up to the Islanders during the 2012–13 season. On April 2, 2013, he scored his first NHL goal in the opening period of his NHL debut, against goaltender Ondřej Pavelec of the Winnipeg Jets. Lee was sent to the team's minor league affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL), for the following season, but was called up to the Islanders again shortly after the midway point in the season. He began the 2014–15 season with the Sound Tigers but was quickly called back up for a third time to play with the Islanders in a more long-term situation.
Lee had a career year in the 2016–17 season, playing mostly on a line with team captain John Tavares and Josh Bailey, scoring 34 goals. Lee was presented the Bob Nystrom Award for 2016–17 as the Islander who best exemplifies leadership, hustle and dedication.
During the 2017–18 season, Lee again played as left wing on the first line with Bailey and Tavares. Lee was the Islanders' leading scorer with 40 goals, tied for seventh-most in the NHL during the regular season. Lee additionally had 22 assists, making a total of 62 points for the season. On April 23, 2018, he was nominated for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.
At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, after the departure of John Tavares to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Lee was named the 15th captain of the Islanders. On July 1, 2019, Lee signed a new seven-year, $49 million contract with the Islanders (effective from the 2019–20 season to the end of the 2025–26 season) worth an average annual value of $7 million.
On March 17, 2021, the Islanders announced Lee would miss the remainder of the 2020–21 season to have surgery on a torn ACL sustained after a collision with New Jersey Devils forward Pavel Zacha six days earlier.
Lee achieved his first NHL hat-trick on March 10, 2022, in a 6–0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.