Johnny Gaudreau. Mitchell Leff/Getty Photos
Johnny Gaudreau’s demise has left an enormous gap within the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“What occurred with John and Matt, it’s not one thing that’s going to go away or we’re magically going to cease occupied with,” staff captain Boone Jenner advised NHL.com in an interview revealed Wednesday, September 18. “It’s going to be with us, and it’s simply type of realizing that new actuality for us as a bunch, as a staff.”
Jenner, 31, added, “It’s not like we’re attempting to park it and, ‘OK, now it’s the season.’ These feelings are going to be there for an extended, very long time.”
Johnny, a ahead for the Blue Jackets, and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, have been struck and killed in a automobile accident final month. Johnny and Matthew have been 31 and 29, respectively.
Courtesy of Madeline Gaudreau/Instagram Members of the Gaudreau household have continued to talk out within the wake of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau’s deaths. Johnny and Matthew died on the night of August 29 when driving their bikes in Oldmans Township, New Jersey. Us Weekly can affirm the brothers have been struck […]
The Gaudreau brothers are survived by their mother and father, their two sisters and their respective wives and youngsters. Johnny and spouse Meredith, who’s at present pregnant with child No. 3, shared daughter Noa and toddler son Johnny. Matthew, in the meantime, was anticipating his first child with spouse Madeline.
Members of the Blue Jackets attended Johnny and Matthew’s funeral earlier this month and have already realized how tough it’s to return to the rink for the beginning of the season.
“One of many questions we’ve type of requested ourselves is, ‘What would John need us to do in sure conditions?’” defenseman Zach Werenski advised the outlet on Wednesday. “He’d need us to get pleasure from coming to the rink and being round our teammates and being collectively.”
A New Jersey man has been arrested and charged for the deaths of NHL participant Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, who have been killed in a motorbike accident the evening earlier than their sister’s marriage ceremony. The brothers have been struck and killed whereas driving in Oldmans Township, New Jersey, on the night of Thursday, August 29. […]
Jenner echoed his teammate’s sentiment.
Johnny Gaudreau. Jaylynn Nash/Getty Photos
“[He’d want us] simply to play hockey, and he beloved each second of each time he was within the rink, at practices, video games, sharing time with the fellows,” Jenner mentioned. “We attempt to get pleasure from one another via the great occasions however particularly via the unhealthy occasions. The previous few weeks, it looks like once we get on the ice [for captain’s practices] and simply go be ourselves on the market and have a superb time, push one another, work laborious, prepare for camp but additionally simply get pleasure from being on the market, it’s been serving to us as we put together for the season.”
The staff will proceed to honor Johnny’s legacy all through the upcoming season, displaying a memorial inside Nationwide Area and leaving his locker as is. A No. 13 jersey (Johnny’s quantity) may also be packed for each away sport.
“He’s going to be with us,” coach Dean Evason mentioned on Wednesday. “He’s going to be a presence in our locker room at house and on the street.”
The Blue Jackets kick off their preseason with a sport in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres on Monday, September 23. Each staff member will put on a “Gaudreau” sticker with two doves, a No. 13 and a No. 21 (Matthew’s quantity when he performed hockey for Boston Faculty) on their helmets and add a No. 13 patch to their jerseys.
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