Johnny Gaudreau's dowager - 'You were best' #.\n\nAug 31, 2024, 11:54 AM ETThe widow of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau commemorated him in a pair of social media blog posts Sunday, naming him her \"permanently\" and applauding him as the \"ideal father\" to their young children.Meredith Gaudreau also shared household photographes of her late husband celebrating his 31st birthday earlier in August along with her, daughter Noa as well as kid Johnny.\" Thanks advantageous years of my lifestyle. Even with dropping you, I am actually still the luckiest gal on earth to have actually been your own,\" she recorded an Instagram message. \"I enjoy you so a great deal. You were actually perfect. Some days it really felt too great to become correct. I like every aspect of you. You are my for good as well as I can not stand by to be along with you once again. I adore you a great deal for good and ever before.\".\nJohnny Gaudreau as well as his brother, Matthew, were killed Thursday evening in New Jersey when they were attacked by a claimed inebriated vehicle driver while using bicycles almost their loved ones home. The Gaudreau family had actually acquired in Salem County to attend the wedding of the males's sister, Katie, which had actually been actually planned for Friday. The celebration was actually canceled.Meredith as well as Johnny Gaudreau married Sept. 4, 2021. Noa was actually birthed the following September and also Johnny on Feb. 22.\" The complete greatest papa on the planet. So looking after and also loving,\" she captioned photographes of Gaudreau and the little ones. \"The greatest companion to look at being a parent with. John certainly never skipped a solitary visit. Was the best at placing the baby to rest and also the Apple of Noa's eye. I love just how much she appears like him. Our team are actually heading to make you proud. Our team adore you so so a lot daddy.\" Editor's PicksMatthew Gaudreau, 29, was actually the hockey instructor at the males's senior high school university, Gloucester Catholic in New Shirt, as well as he additionally was actually an expectant papa. His other half, Madeline, is anticipating their initial little one in December. A GoFundMe web page set up to help her as well as the child, who will certainly be actually called Tripp, had brought up more than $300,000 as of Saturday afternoon.Social media posts recognizing the Gaudreaus poured in from all over the sports globe, including coming from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and also Jalen Harms, quarterback of the Gaudreaus' preferred NFL group, the Philadelphia Eagles.pic.twitter.com\/ i7ubFIXW6z-- Wayne Gretzky (@WayneGretzky) August 31, 2024 I am actually profoundly saddened to come across the death of Johnny & Matthew Gaudreau. Johnny was actually a specialized hockey player, Birds enthusiast & valued participant of the Eagles faithful. I intend to send my warm acknowledgements to the whole entire Gaudreau loved ones & those impacted through this loss!
FlyJohnnyFly-- Jalen Harms (@JalenHurts) August 30, 2024 Depending on to police, the siblings were using bikes along area Route 551 in Oldmans Township on Thursday evening when they were actually reached through a Vehicle Grand Cherokee driven through 43-year-old Sean Higgins of Woodstown, New Jacket. The accident took place as the motorist attempted to pass a slower motor vehicle on the right and assaulted the Gaudreaus in the rear, police said.According to a cops affidavit, Higgins apparently told the condition trooper who got to the arena that he drank "five to six beers" before the crash. Per the file, Higgins fell short an area soberness test.Higgins was actually taken to the Salem Region Correctional Facility and charged with two matters of car homicide. At a courthouse appeal through online video Friday mid-day, he was gotten to become secured without connection, pending an apprehension hearing Thursday.Information coming from Field Level Media was actually used in this particular report.