WILLIAMS, CBS NEWS NEW YORK. >>> IT IS A HUGE LOSS FOR THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY. THE NHL SUPER STAR, JOHNNY GAUDREAU AND HIS BROTHER WERE KILLED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER. EXCUSE ME. BOTH WERE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. THEIR STARDOM DATING BACK TO THE COLLEGE DAYS IN BOSTON. IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE RIDING BIKES IN SOUTH JERSEY PREPARING TO CELEBRATE THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. NATALIE DUDDRIDGE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW THEM BEST. >> GAUDREAU UP THE FAR SIDE. HE SCORES. >> Reporter: HE WAS KNOWN AS JOHNNY HOCKEY, NHL SUPER STAR, JOHNNY GAUDREAU AND HIS BROTHER, MATTHEW GAUDREAU, ALSO A COLLEGE AND PRO PLAYER MADE THEIR LAST NAME A SYMBOL OF SKILL AND PASSION ON THE ICE. >> JOHNNY HOCKEY, MATTHEW GAUDREAU, LIKE THESE ARE TWO BROTHERS WHO LOVE HOCKEY MORE THAN ANYTHING, BUT I THINK EVEN MORE THAN THAT LOVE THEIR FAMILY. THIS NEWS IS JUST BEYOND DEVASTATING. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WORD. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY ON THURSDAY NIGHT THE BROTHERS WERE RIDING BIKES IN OLDSMAN TOWNSHIP IN SOUTH JERSEY WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A JEEP THAT VEERED INTO THEM. POLICE BELIEVE THE DRIVER, 43-YEAR-OLD SEAN HIGGINS OF WOODSTOWN, NEW JERSEY, WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. HE'S NOW FACING MULTIPLE BE CHARGES. FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY SAID THE BROTHERS WERE BACK HOME PREPARING TO ATTEND THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. >> IT'S NOT JUST TWO HOCKEY PLAYERS THAT WE'VE LOST. IT'S TWO BROTHERS, TWO HUSBANDS, TWO FATHERS, SONS, UNCLES. >> Reporter: THE GAUDREAUS GREW UP FANS OF THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS AND BOTH PLAYED FOR THE LITTLE FLYERS, A YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY ALSO BOTH WENT ON TO PLAY FOR BOSTON COLLEGE. >> JOHNNY WAS INCREDIBLY TIGHT. HE STAYED AN EXTRA YEAR AT BOSTON COLLEGE TO PLAY WITH MATT. >> THERE WAS A GREAT BOND BETWEEN THEM. A PART OF THE REASON JOHNNY WAS SO GOOD, THE YOUNGER BROTHER PUSHED HIM HARD. >> THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE. THE THINGS THEY COULD DO ON THE ICE. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THEM REMEMBER THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH MAGICAL. >> Reporter: NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR, PHIL MURPHY, PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING TAMMY AND I ARE HEARTBROKEN BY THE TRAGIC LOSS OF JOHNNY AND MATTHEW GAUDREAU, TWO PROUD NEW JERSEY NATIVES. IN RECENT YEARS, THE BROTHERS MOVED TO BE CLOSER TO HOME. >> JOHNNY DECIDED TO SIGN WITH THE BLUE JACKETS TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY. >> Reporter: BOTH LEAVE BEHIND LEGACIES TO