Johnny Gaudreau, brother killed in bicycle crash on eve of sister's wedding

Published: Aug 29, 2024 Duration: 00:02:32 Category: News & Politics

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WODROW FAMILY IS SO CLOSE. THEY'RE SO TIGHT. CURRENT BC MEN'S HOCKEY COACH GREG BROWN KNOWS THE GAUDREAU FAMILY WELL. HE COACHED BOTH BROTHERS, JOHNNY AND MATTY WHILE AT BC. HE KNEW THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS SISTER, WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED LATER TODAY. THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER IS. HORRIFIC BUT IRONIC THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE THAT HEIGHT OF FAME, THIS MAN, 43 YEAR OLD SEAN HIGGINS, IS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING AFTER CRASHING INTO THE BROTHERS AS THEY WERE BIKING TOGETHER IN NEW JERSEY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AS BOTH JOHNNY AND MATTY HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER FOR THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING, THEY WERE ALL BACK TO CELEBRATE. AND NOW YOU LOSE TWO SONS, SO IT'S IT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE. IN FACT, IT WAS SO SAD. AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE HOCKEY OFFICE WERE IN TEARS DURING THIS NEWS CONFERENCE. OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET OVER THE LOSS OF TWO BROTHERS, TWO SONS THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. THEY WERE TO BE GROOMSMEN COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00. WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM LEGENDARY COACH JERRY YORK. THE COACH WHO RECRUITED BOTH BROTHERS TO PLAY HERE AT BOSTON COLLEGE. LIVE IN CHESTNUT HILL. I'M TED WAYMAN WCVB NEWSCENTER FIVE. TERRIBLY SAD. TED. THANK YOU. SO I'M OVER AT THE SPORTS OFFICE WITH OUR ANGEL SALCEDO AND ANGEL. THE BROTHERS, THEY PLAYED HOCKEY HERE. TALENTED FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, LIKE TED WAS SAYING, THEY PLAYED AT BC. THEIR COLLEGIATE HOCKEY MATT ACTUALLY PLAYED PRO HERE IN WORCESTER SPENT TWO SEASONS AFTER COLLEGE PLAYING WITH THE RAILERS WHILE HE WAS IN THE ISLANDERS ORGANIZATION. AND I GOT THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HIS FORMER TEAM. TAKE A LISTEN TO. YOU KNOW, JUST A FEELING OF DISBELIEF. THIS IS HIM RIGHT HERE. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S THAT WAS WITHOUT QUESTION, THE BEST GOAL CELEBRATION IN WORCESTER RAILERS HISTORY. JUST LOVED HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. IT WAS JUST THIS, THIS SORT OF QUIRKY, DRY SENSE OF HUMOR AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A LOT OF FUN TO BE AROUND AND JUST LOVED BEING A HOCKEY PLAYER, LOVED PLAYING HOCKEY. AND HE GREW UP AROUND IT. HE GREW UP IN IT. AND, YOU KNOW, HE LIVED IT LIVES. THEY TOUCHED IN THE BOSTON AREA WHEN THEY WERE AT BC TO CALGARY TO COLUMBUS, WHERE JOHNNY HAS BEEN PLAYING TWO NORTH JERSEY AND PHILADELPHIA, WHERE, YOU KNOW, MATTY'S BEEN HAVING SUCH AN IMPACT THE LAST FEW YEARS. YOU KNOW, HOCKEY IS REALLY UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY SPORTS THAT CREATES A COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHERE YOU PLAY, NO MATTER FOR WHAT TEAM AND THE

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