Hockey Fights Cancer is a joint initiative founded in December 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association to raise money and awareness for hockey's most important fight. Hockey Fights Cancer is supported by NHL Member Clubs, NHL Alumni, the NHL Officials' Association, Professional Hockey Trainers and Equipment Managers, corporate marketing partners, broadcast partners and fans throughout North America. To date, more than $7 million has been raised to support local cancer research organizations as well as the American Cancer Society and Canadian Cancer Society national organizations.

The charity's largest fund-raising initiatives is the annual Hockey Fights Cancer On-Line Charity Auction. Since it began in 2000, the Hockey Fights Cancer On-Line Charity Auction has raised more than $1.6 million to support cancer research and Children's Hospitals in North America.