1. Johnny Hockey - the man that transcended his name and sport. The baseball and soccer worlds have recognized the man during Gametime.
2. Johnny Gaudreau - the family man. The father of two. The husband to his loyal wife. The big brother. The uncle. The nephew.
3. JG - the friend. The party animal that was at Hayes’ wedding with Sammy Adams and Brady Tkachuk. The one that would be at the Stampede in Calgary.
4. American hero - 29th all time in point scoring. We will never know where he will have ended up.
5. Trend Breaker - chose Columbus for family and to be an afternoon car ride to New Jersey.
6. Columbus Blue Jacket - 143 points in 163 games in his two years in Ohio. Welcomed by open arms for choosing us. Forever remembered.
7. Seven Time All Star - 7 of his 11 years with Calgary and Columbus.
8. Lady Byng Winner - 2017 with the Flames. 609 points in 602 games with Calgary. Most memorable moment was his game winner against Dallas.
9. Hoeby Baker Winner - 2013 with Boston College. He and brother Matthew were both on that team together and Hayes.
10. Hershey Jr Bear - 2006 member of the Quebec team
11. USHL Champ - with Dubuque in 2011, months before joining BC and being drafted by Calgary
12. Matthew - the younger brother and head coach of the Gloucester high school team he and Johnny played on together. His widow is 5 months pregnant. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family.
13. Please retire his jersey, whether it be both Calgary and Columbus or the league. Death is not my thing. Never has. But he was one of my favorite Flames’ to watch of all time behind Iggy. Him coming to Columbus had my excited as a blogger for Hockeybuzz and hopeful for many fun moments over his contract. This has been the most devastating fan moment in my hockey blogging in the last three years. JG, MG, and Kivi. 13 and 80 will forever live in CBJ.
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