Extremely nice touch at the end of the Kings of Leon concert last night. For the encore, the drummer came out in a Gaudreau jersey. After the last song the drummer came out center stage with his jersey facing the audience and held his hands over his head making a heart as Go, Johnny Go played.
Again walking out of the dome, huge crowds completely silent gathered.
meanwhile....walking to the casino on the opposite side of the street from me there was a group of scum chanting go oilers go. confirming exactly why I hate that entire city, team, and all of their fans with a passion. complete losers.
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I was thinking that during the first game of the season, or possible every game we should cheer or chant "Johnny" from the 13:21 mark (their jersey numbers) to 13:00 in the first period to honour the brothers.
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I was thinking that during the first game of the season, or possible every game we should cheer or chant "Johnny" from the 13:21 mark (their jersey numbers) to 13:00 in the first period to honour the brothers.
Perhaps the chant should be "Gaudreau" if only to acknowledge Matty as well and the bond between the brothers and family.
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The Flames organization and the city of Calgary are really shining through this tragedy.
Agreed. It would be a nice touch if the Flames made a donation to Matt's Go Fund Me. He did play for the Flames organization for a short time but that would be a really classy thing to do as well.
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Online fundraiser for Matthew Gaudreau's widow raises more than $500K as the sports world mourns
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Donations also continued to pile up to support Matthew’s widow, Madeline, who is pregnant with the couple’s first child, due in December. A GoFundMe set up by Madeline’s sister Holland Korbitz and verified by the online fundraising company raised more than $500,000 as of noon EDT Tuesday.
Dozens of current and former players from around the league, or their significant others, are listed among the more than 7,600 donors, including $3,000 from the family of New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin and $2,013 from Matt Duchene of the Dallas Stars, for a total of $546,172 — well beyond the initial $30,000 goal.
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Cliff Rucker, owner of the ECHL's Worcester Railers HC for whom Matthew played two seasons from 2017-19, is listed as the top donor at $10,000.
“Maddy, the entire Railers HC family stands shoulder to shoulder with you during this incomprehensibly difficult time for you and your loved ones,” Rucker commented. “You and Matty will always be part of our Railer family, and I hope you can feel the love and support we are sending your way.”
This was from a few days ago, so some people may have seen it. Ryan Leslie shared some memories of Johnny. It sounds like their friendship continued after he joined Columbus. I love how competitive and funny Johnny was by challenging Ryan to somehow work the word "popsicle" into his broadcast. The story about him picking up his daughter from school was nice too.
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I don't know who the poster is, but thought some would enjoy watching Johnny and Matty enjoying themselves as they apparently always did and will continue to do, together.
