Hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau mourned by Boston College after fatal car crash

Published: Aug 29, 2024 Duration: 00:02:55 Category: News & Politics

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>>> NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRASH IN NEW JERSEY WHICH KILLED TWO FORMER BOSTON COLLEGE HOCKEY STARS. DRUNK DRIVER HIT THE MAN FROM BEHIND. THE TWO BROTHERS WERE TOGETHER FOR THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. LIVE ON THE BOSTON COLLEGE CAMPUS. SHOCKING LOSS, TRAGEDY, NO WORDS. >> Reporter: BOSTON COLLEGE CAMPUS IS DEVASTATED AND THE SHOCK OF THE SUDDEN PASSING OF THE TRANSACTING BROTHERS. THEIR IMPACT WILL LAST ON CAMPUS FOREVER. >> WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED BY THIS TRAGIC NEWS. >> Reporter: BOSTON COLLEGE, MOURNING THE DEATHS OF NHL HOCKEY STAR, BOSTON COLLEGE LEGEND, JOHNNY GAUDREAU, AND HIS BROTHER, MATTHEW. >> JOHNNY GAUDREAU AND HIS BROTHER, MATTHEW, WERE PHENOMENAL ATHLETES, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND BELOVED BY ALL ROADR BOSTON COLLEGE. JOHNNY GAUDREAU, WAS A STAR AT BC. HE EARNED THE NICKNAME, JOHNNY HOCKEY. WON TWO STRAIGHT PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. >> JOHNNY GAUDREAU, HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON ICE, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THE MOST GIFTED COLLEGE HOCKEY PLAYER. HE PLAYED A YEAR WITH HIS BROTHER MATTHEW. HE WAS INCREDIBLY GIFTED. BOTH OF THEM WERE. MOST IMPORTANT, THEY WERE JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. >> JOHNNY GAUDREAU, WAS 31. PLAYED FOR BC FROM 2011 TO 2014. MATTHEW PLAYED FOR THE EAGLES FROM 2013 TO 2017. JOHNNY GAUDREAU WAS DRAFTED BY THE CALGARY FLAMES IN 2007, AND IN THE NHL DRAFT IN 2010, HE JOINED THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS. THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS ARE SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED BY THIS UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. JOHNNY GAUDREAU, WAS NOT ONLY A GREAT HOCKEY PLAYER, BUT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, A LOVING FATHER, SON, BROTHER, AND FRIEND. >> GATHERING FOR THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. THEY WERE BOTH GOING TO BE GROOMSMEN IN THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING TODAY. TWO OF THE NICEST KID THAT EVER PLAYED SPORTS HERE AT BC. TO LOSE THEM, UNDER THOSE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AN IMAGINABLE OF THE -- UNIMAGINABLE LOSS. >> WE CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. PRESS CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE TO GET -- TODAY HERE ON CAMPUS. CURRENT AND FORMER HOCK

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