Overview
- During the Lightning–Bruins Stadium Series game, USF athletics CEO and cancer survivor Rob Higgins was introduced as a Community Hero with an initial $100,000 donation.
- P.K. Subban presented a chance to raise the gift to $500,000 with a precision shot from distance, which Higgins missed.
- Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield then offered a second attempt worth $1 million while Higgins’ father, also a cancer survivor, watched, and the shot missed again.
- The final donation was announced at $200,000, with Higgins later thanking the NHL and Lightning and listing beneficiaries, including an additional $100,000 to Moffitt Cancer Center.
- Fans and commentators criticized the stunt’s framing as insensitive, and as of the latest reports there is no indication the league plans to increase the donation to the touted $1 million.