A New Jersey tattoo artist combined the ashes of the late hockey star with ink to create the cremation tattoos for Meredith Gaudreau.

Meredith Gaudreau found a poignant way to keep her late husband’s legacy alive permanently. Following the death of Meredith’s husband, NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, in August 2024, she recently received tattoos to commemorate Johnny using his ashes in the ink.

Meredith Gaudreau is honoring her late husband Johnny Gaudreau with tattoos made with his ashes after the NHL star's death in August 2024.

Late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau’s No. 8 jersey was retired by the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Saturday night during an emotional ceremony before their United States Hockey League game against Sioux City.

Meredith Gaudreau has added a few more tattoos in memory of Johnny — and this certainly was no ordinary ink. Meredith teamed up with a tattoo artist for what is known as a cremation tattoo, in which a loved one’s ashes are mixed in with the ink for the body art.

Sean Higgins, the suspected drunken driver accused in the deaths of former NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother last year, pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from the fatal crash.

Meredith Gaudreau, wife of the late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed in a car accident, used his ashes to honor his memory with three cremation tattoos.

Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau‘s widow Meredith recently got three tattoos, mixed with both ink and his ashes, to honor her late husband’s memory. The NHL star’s untimely demise last year in a bike accident shocked the sporting world.