else Lee is a professional ice hockey player who serves as a winger and captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. Over the years, Lee has transformed himself into one of the NHL’s top scorers.
Lee is an offensively gifted striker. Anders Lee is also doing very well on a personal level with a wife and two daughters. But how did he become a family man; what’s the story behind it? By the way, who is his wife?
Get the answers to all these questions in the stories below, including how he met his partner, when they got married, what their lives have been like as a couple and parents so far.
Anders Lee married his wife Grace Dooley in the summer of 2015; Their relationship
Lee married his wife Grace Dooley on July 7, 2018. Anders and Grace were boyfriend and girlfriend from college. They first encountered each other during freshman year at Notre Dame. Lee’s wife played lacrosse at the time.
Talking about the first time they met, Grace said in an interview with NBC Sport:
It was definitely instant chemistry. We were friends for a while after we met.
Anders Lee with his partner and former lacrosse player Grace Dooley at their wedding. InstagramDooley and six-foot-tall Lee’s wedding took place at Lincoln Park Zoo, also the place where the former would frequent most during her childhood.
Elegance once said she always knew the zoo was where her wedding would take place.
For the big day, Lee, the man from Edina Minnesota, wore a white suit, black pants, a white shirt and a bow tie. The bride, Grace, on the other hand, wore a white sleeveless dress with floral lacing and a net veil.
New York Islanders winger and NHL player Anders Lee with his wife Grace Lee and their first daughter Ruby. InstagramThe couple, Grace and Anders Lee, are also parents to two daughters. They welcomed their first child, Ruby in March 2020 and their second the following year in November 2021. The Lee couple are also the parents of two Australian Shepherds, Gordie and Howie.
Anders Lee Wife Grace Dooley was born in Chicago
Lee’s wife, Grace Dooley, real name, Grace Mary Dooley was born in Chicago. She is the daughter of Robert and Dawn Dooley. Grace is one of six children. Her siblings are Robbie, Eddy, Claire, Mary and Annie.
Grace, the wife of Anders Lee, is a graduate of Loyola Academy, the University of Notre Dame and Mendoza College of Business. She has dual majors in Marketing and Peace Studies. During her studies, her favorite subject was consumer behavior and national/global marketing trends.
Lee Partner Grace Dooley played lacrosse in high school and college
Grace was a center fielder, No. 9, for the college women’s lacrosse team (from 2010-2014).
However, during high school at Loyola Academy, Grace played four sports. She apparently played lacrosse for four years, three seasons of basketball and one year of volleyball across the country.
NHL player Anders Lee wife Grace Dooley during her college days as a lacrosse player. University of Notre DameAs a senior in high school, Grace was team captain on the lacrosse team. She finished her senior season with 150 goals, 85 assists and 235 points to go with 125 ground balls and 110 ties. She was also the team’s most valuable player. During her junior and senior years in high school, Grace played in four state championships and won several titles.
While playing for Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish in college, the Illinois native played a total of 33 games and scored 11 goals.
Dooley isn’t the only one in her family who enjoys college sports. Her father, Robert, played soccer at Yale and one of her brothers, Robbie, was also a collegiate soccer player at USC.
Lee husband Grace Dooley’s career after college
After college, Lee’s husband, Dooley, worked primarily in business.
The five-foot-tall wife of a professional athlete used to be the manager of a customer service department at EFT Sports Performance in Highland Park, Illinois. The NHL wag then began handling an account executive for Lorman Education at an Evanston, Illinois-based company, Acquirent, in May 2013. Dooley then began working as an associate community manager at Golin, Chicago. After that, Mrs. Lee went on to work for Cosmopolitan and Hearst Magazine as their advertising sales assistant.
Grace Dooley, wife of New York Islanders winger Anders Lee. InstagramElegance now works as co-editor-in-chief at fitcityblonde, a health, wellness and fitness company, in Greater New York City Area. She has been with the company since June 2019. She is also a health coach.
Grace, who has worked for the above firms, has gained good experience in marketing, customer relations, sales, promotion and coaching. She also has substantial knowledge in public relations, communications, business marketing for luxury brands/fashion/sports, media and digital marketing.