FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME COULD BE IMPACTED. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT COMING UP. MARK, THANK YOU. NOW LETS GET TO REALLY JUST THE DIFFICULTY IN STUNNING NEWS THAT BROKE EARLIER TODAY. THE HEARTBREAKING LOSS OF AN NHL STAR. >> COLUMBUS, BLUE JACKETS FORWARD. JOHNNY GAUDREAU AND HIS BROTHER HIT IN KILLED BY AN SUV WHILE THEY WERE OUT RIDING BIKES ON A NEW JERSEY ROADWAY AND HIS TEAM, THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS CALLED THE DEATH UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. NEWS FIVE'S CAMRYN JUSTICE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM NOW. >> AND CAM SUCH A TRAGEDY HERE. AND NOW THERE IS, OF COURSE, AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM EVERYWHERE. YEAH, THERE IS WHEN JOHNNY GAUDREAU WAS SIGNED IN INTRODUCED IN COLUMBUS, IT WAS A DAY FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND HOPE FOR BLUE JACKETS, FANS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE AGAINST ALL ODDS HE CHOSE TO SIGN WITH THEIR TEAM OVER THE MORE POPULAR SUITORS. >> THIS DAY, HOWEVER, IS ONE FULL OF HEARTBREAK AS THEY MOURN THE DEATH OF THEIR BELOVED >> AN OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT IS GROWING OUTSIDE NATIONWIDE ARENA. THE PLACE WHERE BLUE JACKETS FANS WATCH THEIR STAR WINGER. TAKE THE ICE. IT WAS SO IMPORTANT COLUMBUS AND SO IMPORTANT. HOCKEY COMMUNITY JUST WANT TO TAKE A WALK DOWN HERE AND RESPECTS 31 YEAR-OLD JOHNNY GAUDREAU AFFECTIONATELY NICKNAMED JOHNNY HOCKEY WAS KILLED THURSDAY NIGHT ALONGSIDE HIS 29 YEAR-OLD BROTHER MATTHEW. WHILE THEY WERE CYCLING IN NEW JERSEY. JUST A TRAGIC WAY TO GO. SUCH A YOUNG AGE. THE BROTHERS WERE STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ATTEMPTING TO PASS OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE DRIVER SUSPECTED OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. I HOPE THIS. >> BRINGS MORE AWARENESS TO DRUNK DRIVING AND THAT PEOPLE NEED TO THINK BEFORE THEY ACT THIS ALL JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE 2 WERE SAID TO BE GROOMSMAN AND THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING THE FAMILY GET THROUGH THIS AND >> WE'RE THE WE'RE HERE FOR THEM. THE KUDROW FAMILY RELEASED A STATEMENT NOTING THE IMMENSE LOSS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AND THANKING THOSE WHO HAVE SENT MESSAGES OF LOVE AND SUPPORT IN THEIR TIME OF GRIEF. AS THE FAMILY ASKS, FOR CONTINUED PRIVACY, FANS ARE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO A PLAYER WHO CHOSE THEM AND EMBRACED THEM FROM THE DAY HE ARRIVED MY LIFE THAT A SMALLER FACE. KNOW, WHEN WE STEPPED IN THE DOOR. >> YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, BEING SO, YOU KNOW, NICE AND NOT WELL COMING IN. AND I I HOPE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. I'M EXCITED. SO IS THAT IMAGE THAT NO STAR PLAYERS WANTED TO SIGN WITH COLUMBUS AND >> JOHNNY CAME IT GAVE US HOPE. NOW. THE FANS SHIFT TO EMBRACING AND SUPPORTING THE GOODROW FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. >> IN COLUMBUS AND BEYOND, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT HERE ANYMORE, YOU'RE STILL IN OUR HEARTS. >> WE JUST GOT TO COME TOGETHER. BE THERE FOR THE FAMILY EVERYBODY AFFECTED BY IT. >> NOW THAT VIGIL OUTSIDE NATIONWIDE ARENA CONTINUES TO GROW AND OVER AT ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE, THERE'S A TRIBUTE TO GOOD ROW AS WELL. TONIGHT, THE COLUMBUS CREW WILL HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN THE 13TH MINUTE OF PLAY 13 TO HONOR GOOD ROSE JERSEY NUMBER IN THE NEWSROOM. CAMRYN JUSTICE NEWS 5. ALWAYS A BLUE JACKET ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS WITH THEM AND