Senators players honour Jonathan Pitre with butterfly sticker on their helmets
The Senators honoured Jonathan Pitre, an Ottawa-area teen with a rare and painful skin condition who died this week, during their Friday night game at Pittsburgh.
Ottawa players wore a sticker on the backs of their helmets adorned with a butterfly along with the initials “JP.”
Pitre suffered from epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a rare and debilitating genetic condition characterized by skin fragility that leads to blisters and can cause skin to fall off with the slightest touch. Pitre, who was 17 when he died, was often affectionately called Ottawa’s “Butterfly Boy” and was known for his advocacy, lending a voice to those with the disease.
Earlier, the Senators tweeted that the NHL team had lost a “special friend” and added a butterfly to their Twitter username.