Former BC hockey players die on eve of sister's wedding

Published: Aug 29, 2024 Duration: 00:01:41 Category: News & Politics

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THIS TRAGIC LOSS. TED ANTOINETTE. THIS STORY IS ROCKING THE HOCKEY WORLD NOT ONLY AT THE NHL LEVEL, BUT ALSO AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, ESPECIALLY HERE IN CHESTNUT HILL AT BOSTON COLLEGE. NOW, AS YOU SAID LAST NIGHT, BOTH BROTHERS JOHNNY AND MATT GAUDREREAU WERE RIDING BIKES AROUND 8:00 IN NEW JERSEY WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK, ALLEGEDLY BY A DRUNK DRIVER. BOTH BROTHERS PLAYED PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY, BUT NOT BEFORE HAVING STELLAR CAREERS HERE AT THE HEIGHTS, PLAYING FOR LEGENDARY HOCKEY COACH JERRY YORK, WHO WE SPOKE WITH JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO ABOUT A DEVASTATING LOSS. BOTH BOYS ARE MATTIE AND JOHNNY ARE REMARKABLE YOUNG GUYS. EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHNNY BECAUSE OF THE HOCKEY AND THE OLYMPICS AND BUT THEIR FAMILY WAS WAS SO JUST ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE FAMILIES AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO EVEN COMPREHEND TED IS THAT THE YOUNGER SISTER IS GETTING MARRIED TODAY. I MEAN, IT JUST YOU KNOW, AND ALLEGEDLY DRUNK DRIVER, TWO YOUNG GUYS WITH THEIR LIVES IN FRONT OF THEM ON BICYCLES. BC JUST RELEASED THIS STATEMENT SAYING JOHNNY GAUDREAU WAS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE HISTORY OF BOSTON COLLEGE HOCKEY, BUT ONE OF THE NICEST AS WELL. MATTHEW WAS A GIFTED PLAYER WHO WAS EQUALLY BELOVED BY HIS TEAMMATES. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH JOHNNY, MATTHEW, AND THE ENTIRE GAUDREAU FAMILYLY AT THIS TIME OF UNIMAGINABLE LOSS. AS YOU HEARD, COACH YORK SAY, BOTH BOYS WERE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPECTED TO BE IN THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY AS IT DEVELOPS THROUGHOUT THIS FRIDAY. LIVE IN CHESTNUT HILL. I'M TED WAYMAN

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