Johnny Gaudreau’s NHL Teammates Celebrate His Daughter’s Birthday

Johnny Gaudreau's Wife Speaks Out After Tragic Death of NHL Star & His Brother

Johnny Gaudreau’s teammates are inactive showing up for his household weeks aft his tragic death.

Columbus Blue Jackets players came retired successful droves connected Sept. 30 to observe the 2nd day of Johnny’s daughter Noa, posing adjacent to her and a big tract motion that read, “Happy 2nd Birthday Noa!”

Blue Jackets player Erik Gudbranson’s wife Sarah Gudbranson shared the photograph to her Instagram Stories and tagged Johnny’s wife Meredith Gaudreau. Sarah added, “Sending truthful overmuch emotion from your Jackets family!”

Meredith reposted the moving image, writing, “Love you all. Thank you from the bottommost of my heart. Really peculiar radical that volition everlastingly beryllium household to maine and our babies.”

Johnny and his member Matthew were killed successful August aft being deed by a car portion motorcycle riding successful New Jersey. Just a fewer weeks aboriginal astatine his memorial service, Meredith—who besides ma to her and her precocious husband’s 7-month-old son Johnny Edward—shared that she is currently pregnant with the couple’s 3rd child.

She shared that anterior to his untimely death, Johnny was thrilled by the “total surprise” pregnancy.

"John was beaming and truthful excited," she said. "His absorption was conscionable instantly kissing maine and hugging me."

Coincidentally, Madeline Gaudreau, the widow of Johnny’s member Matthew, is besides large with the couple’s archetypal child.

"He was calved to beryllium a dad," Madeline said during the aforesaid memorial service. "The infinitesimal we recovered retired astir our lad Tripp, it consumed his each day. He was downloading apps, ordering books, uncovering the champion diaper brand, making definite I had the champion vitamins and asking for tips from John. I volition ne'er hide the tears helium had successful his eyes erstwhile helium archetypal heard Tripp’s heartbeat."