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A look back at Johnny Gaudreau's NHL career after Blue Jackets star dies
The NHL and sports world at large is dealing with the stunning news of Johnny Gaudreau dying on Thursday night.
Of course we have to send our condolences to his family. It's shocking, horrifying and devastating.
While we don't have much information beyond what The Columbus Dispatch reported, which was that he and his brother Matthew were killed while biking in their native New Jersey. They were apparently supposed to be groomsmen in their sister's wedding on Friday.
Gaudreau was beloved by fans and so many others, and as we all mourn, let's look back on the career of the forward who was a beloved star in the league.
1. Johnny Gaudreau was born in New Jersey and drafted by the Calgary Flames
He was born in Salem, New Jersey in 1993 and was drafted in the fourth round in 2011 after a stellar collegiate career with Boston College in which he won the Hobey Baker Award for the best college player.
2. He was listed at 5-foot-9
Not that his height mattered once he got to the league, but there were stories about how small he was.
3. His stats were awesome, as was his Lady Byng Trophy win
The then-Flames forward won the Lady Byng in 2017. That's the award that's all about sportsmanship.
He finished his career with 743 points, including 500 assists after playing nine years in Calgary and two with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
4. He was known as Johnny Hockey
Per The Globe and Mail:
With the Kings in town, Gaudreau was surrounded by an unusually large horde of reporters Monday morning. Flames players rarely resonate with U.S.-based media, but Gaudreau, from Salem, N.J., is something of an exception. His size, his modest demeanour and of course that catchy nickname – much like Johnny Manziel's Johnny Football – have made him something of a newsmaker early in his career. He was asked once again to outline the timetable of how he came to be known as Johnny Hockey, in the context of NFL rookie Johnny Manziel being dubbed Johnny Football in his college days at Texas A&M.
According to Gaudreau, the two nicknames were popularized at roughly the same time – Gaudreau was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as U.S. college hockey's top player around the time when Manziel was in the running for the NCAA football's Heisman Trophy, as the top college football player. Gaudreau ultimately won the Hobey Baker the second time he was a finalist – during his junior year at Boston College – and then signed with the Flames.
5. He once scored this goal to take down the Stars in the playoffs
6. He was married to wife Meredith, with whom he had two kids
His daughter Noa and son Johnny were both born in Columbus.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: A look back at Johnny Gaudreau's NHL career after Blue Jackets star dies
