'A humble superstar': Johnny Gaudreau honoured at Saddledome with family in attendance

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were honoured Tuesday night before the Calgary Flames played the Columbus Blue Jackets, on the same ice where Johnny etched his place as a cherished member of the city's hockey community. 

The tribute marked the first home game between the Flames and the Blue Jackets since the Gaudreau brothers were killed by a suspected drunk driver in New Jersey in August. 

Before the game started, there was ceremonial puck drop presided over by the Gaudreau family between Flames captain Mikael Backlund and former Flame Sean Monahan, who was close friends with Johnny Gaudreau and currently plays for the Blue Jackets.

Cheers of "Johnny, Johnny" could be heard from the crowd ahead of the symbolic faceoff.

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A special video montage of Gaudreau, accompanied by an acoustic rendering of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode sang by Canadian country singer George Canyon, was also shown before the game to honour the former Flame's legacy, who spent nine seasons with the team.

Players on both the Blue Jackets and the Flames also wore special jerseys during warm-up.

The entire Gaudreau family was at the Saddledome for Tuesday's acknowledgements, in their first trip back to the city since the deaths of the Gaudreau brothers. 

Guy Gaudreau, Johnny's father, took to the ice with the Flames team during practice on Monday as an honorary coach. The elder Gaudreau coached high school hockey for many years in New Jersey. 

"It was nice to have him out there, that's for sure," said Flames head coach Ryan Huska afterwards. 

"There was some reminiscing and some good stories that made us all laugh and we asked him to help teach our guys how