Sometimes, a sports story can warm your heart, like when Columbus Blue Jackets center Sean Monahan got a surprise visit from Meredith Gaudreau June 5.

Columbus Blue Jackets center Sean Monahan received the Bill Masterton Trophy in an emotional surprise from Meredith Gaudreau, the widow of Johnny Gaudreau.

Blue Jackets center Sean Monahan was brought to tears accepting the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy by the wife of his late friend and teammate, Johnny Gaudreau.