Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar will pay tribute to the memory of hockey brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau when the Flames play the Columbus Blue Jackets this weekend. The two brothers were killed in August when they were struck by a drunk driver while cycling together in New Jersey.
Vladar will wear a special mask for the two games (Nov 29 and Dec 3), which feature Johnny on the right side and Matthew on the left, with doves soaring behind them.
“I just wanted to do something to pay tribute to Johnny and Matthew,” Vladar said in a video posted by the Flames. “Johnny was a very good friend of ours, and we all miss the boys a lot.”
Johnny Gaudreau played eight seasons with the Calgary Flames from 2013-22 before joining the Blue Jackets in 2022.
Vladar has said the mask will be auctioned off following the second of the two games on December 3.