Matthew Gaudreau's Wife Shares Heartbreaking Message After His Death

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

Madeline Gaudreau is moving guardant for the involvement of her precocious hubby Matthew Gaudreau and their aboriginal child.

The large woman of the precocious Matthew shared a heartbreaking connection arsenic she continues to mourn her husband’s untimely passing aft helium was deed and killed by a operator allegedly nether the power portion riding bikes with his brother, NHL player Johnny Gaudreau, who was besides killed successful the Aug. 29 accident.

“I person nary words. I conscionable miss you,” Madeline captioned an Aug. 31 Instagram station featuring a photograph of the mates locked successful a joyful embrace. “I don’t cognize my beingness without you. I person ne'er experienced a symptom similar this. I americium truthful blessed you take maine to beryllium your wife.. to emotion me. you are the champion happening astir me. I cognize you are watching down successful conscionable arsenic overmuch symptom arsenic I americium looking up. I volition support going for you and our son. I emotion you truthful overmuch matthew.”

Johnny, a guardant connected the Ohio-based Columbus Blue Jackets, was already a begetter of 2 aft welcoming his 2nd child, lad Johnny Edward Gaudreau with wife Meredith Gaudreau in February. He was besides dad to 23-month-old daughter, Noa Harper.  

The Gaudreau brothers were biking connected a agrarian New Jersey roadworthy astatine astir 8 p.m. connected the evening of Aug. 29 when Sean M. Higgins, 43, collided with them from the rear portion attempting to walk different SUV traveling northbound, New Jersey sergeant Jeffrey Lebron told E! News successful a statement. 

Sean is suspected of "being nether the power of alcohol" astatine the clip of the incident, constabulary said. He has been charged with 2 counts of decease by auto.

E! News has reached retired to Higgins' lawyer for remark but has not yet heard back.

The Gaudreau brothers, who were natives of New Jersey, some played connected hockey teams passim their life, and were teammates astatine Boston College.  

Sharing different tribute, Madeline highlighted the enslaved the brothers had successful a Sept. 1 Instagram post, writing, “It was ever Matty & John. I can’t adjacent enactment into words the enslaved these 2 had and close present I don’t person the spot . They were each others biggest cheerleaders.”Noting she finds “extreme comfort” successful the information that her hubby and brother-in-law “are unneurotic arsenic they ever were,” Madeline wrote, “I cognize they are inactive messing with each different up determination and volition proceed to look implicit their families.”

She besides shared a connection for her sister-in-law, writing, “To Meredith- we volition everlastingly stock this utmost heartbreak and unspeakable bond.. nevertheless , the boys couldn’t person picked stronger pistillate arsenic their wives and mothers of their children. We volition transportation each different done each play .. arsenic the boys would bash for each other. They blessed america with children.. done them we volition ever person a portion of them world broadside with america forever."