What a terrible day this has been.
I met Johnny a couple times out on the town and he was always friendly, but the first time I met him was at Singapore Sam’s in the wee hours of the morning during his first or second season in Calgary.
I bumped into him in the bathroom and kind of star struck said “whoa Johnny Gaudreau, what’s up man?”
He was very polite and asked how my night was going. I leave the bathroom and head back to my table. A few minutes later Johnny walks out of the bathroom and beelines it straight to our table, throws his arms around me and my buddy and says “come on, let’s get a picture!”
I guess he could tell I was a fan haha. He had so much energy and passion on and off the ice. RIP Johnny Hockey. Calgary will never forget you.
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