Many around the sport idalized Gaudreau for his enormous heart and passion for the game and one of those players is Montreal's Cole Caufield. The 23-year-old Wisconsin native looked up to Gaudreau as a fellow American who overcame odds despite his smaller size and became a hockey superstar.

Just days after the death of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield shared a photo of Gaudreau on social media calling him, “my hero.” Being a speedy and highly skilled offensive player of limited stature himself,