The Kim Cannon Internship was established by the NAHL, in cooperation with Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach and former NAHL head coach Jon Cooper and is intended for a recent college graduate interested in pursuing a career in sports. It is named for a former employee of an NAHL team named Kim Cannon. Back on September 9, 2020, Cannon was involved in an automobile accident that tragically took her life at the age of 35.

"I am honored in cooperation with the North American Hockey League to announce the creation of the Kim Cannon internship. It will be an annual commitment by myself and the wonderful owners of the NAHL to ensure Kim's legacy can live on and that we can honor her memory and give somebody an opportunity to make an impact on the hockey world and the lives of others in such a positive way that Kim did," stated Cooper.