NHL captain wins Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian of the Year award.

A National Hockey League captain has just received a huge honor.

On Wednesday night ESPN hosted it's annual ESPY Awards ceremony and during that ceremony it was revealed that the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian of the Year award had been handed out to one of the NHL's own.

None other than Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano was given the much deserved honor for his work in bringing both academic and physical education resources to low-income schools. 

Giordano does his part to make future generations brighter and stronger and while he likely wasn't attempting to win any awards for his charity, this is one honor that is certainly well deserved, and one we are sure he will cherish. 

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Giordano has made the following statement via the Flames website:

"It was really special, right from the start - watching the video of Muhammad Ali and then being able to win the award at the end of the night, I'm truly honoured," Giordano told CalgaryFlames.com.

"It's a pretty emotional night, pretty surreal for me right now."