Cole Caufield reveals wonderful plan to honour his childhood hero, Johnny Gaudreau

Cole Caufield has changed his number in honour of the late Johnny GaudreauPhoto credit: TSN

Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield has officially unveiled a touching tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and revealed how he plans to honour his childhood hero.

Just under a week ago, Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, was were cycling home from their sister Katie’s wedding rehearsal when they were hit by a drunk driver. The collision claimed both of their lives and the Gaudreau family lost two very important people in their lives. The hockey world has mourned ever since.

For Cole Caufield, the loss of Gaudreau is a significant one, as Gaudreau was Caufield’s idol as he came up through the ranks. Also a diminutive winger, Caufield, like Gaudreau, had to learn how to use his speed and skill to make up for what he lacked in size and body mass.

Today, Caufield announced that he is permanently changing his number in Montreal from #22 to #13, in honour of his fallen hero.

Caufield never had the opportunity to play with Gaudreau, as the NHL hasn’t participated in any best-on-best tournaments during his entire tenure in the NHL. Now, unfortunately, he never will.

The touching tribute from Caufield has created quite the buzz and there’s no doubt that Gaudreau would be honored.

Có thể là hình ảnh về 2 người, mọi người đang chơi khúc côn cầu và văn bản cho biết 'ROS NBUBR Bel! ARA ጊ2 BU colecaufield The last few years playing as #22 have been some of the best years of my life. truly has been dream come true and will forever hold those memories and that number close to me. wore #1 #13 3 point my career because of Johnny and now will be wearing it again to honor him. He paved the way for smaller players and proved we had future in this game at the highest level. will forever be grateful to him for inspiring me and others.'

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