Gaudreau Funeral: Family & Friends Honour "Johnny Hockey" And His Brother Matthew:

Monday is the scheduled funeral for the godo brothers in Philadelphia the driver accused of killing John and Matthew godo is still detained and awaiting his next court date the funeral for the two men is set for Monday at a church in a Suburban Philadelphia the godr brothers memorial service is scheduled to happen at Media Pennsylvania Street Mary Magdalene Catholic Church John goodro a player for the Columbus Blue Jackets and a household name in The Sports World as Johnny hockey announced that the team will brought brast the event live on its website on the eve of their sister Katie's wedding the godre brothers were riding their bicycles in their native state of New Jersey when they were struck and killed by a driver who was suspected of being intoxicated last week Cen M Higgins the driver made a virtual appearance at his initial pre Trail hearing on Thursday in order to give the lawyers more time to prepare the judge rescheduled the hearing for September 13 in custody is 43-year-old Higgins at a Salem County Jail in in addition to being charged with reckless driving having an open container and drinking alcohol while operating a motor vehicle he is also facing two counts of death by Otto Higgins hired attorneys Matthew portella and Richard kleinberger II to represent him according to their statement they released a statement stating this is a tragedy involving a great deal of emotion and impacting many individuals numerous hockey fans from Columbus South Jersey and Boston College where the godr played are anticipated to attend the the funeral with their loved ones citing the reason being that it is too early in the stages of the legal process to make any outof Court statements the entire Blue Jackets roster according to General Manager Don wadell will be present as will NHL commissioner Gary bman in a letter to parents the Reverend Eric J Baner announced that street Mary magdalene's school would be closed on Monday due to the service in the letter that went viral Baner stated this will be an extraordinarily large funeral for two young men one of whom was a professional hockey player the truth is that given the anticipated thraw we are unable to guarantee a safe school day and dismissal I kindly request that you view this inconvenience as a tiny price to be paid in order to lessen the suffering of John and Matthew's spouses kids siblings family and friends Wednesday night Handel light vigils were held in Columbus Ohio and Calgary Alberta to honor John and Matthew with attendees including fans and current and former players outside the downtown Blue Jackets arena there was a 13-minute 21 second silent remembrance a slideshow featuring pictures of the siblings from their early years adolescence College hockey the pros marriages christenings and happy loving lives also played Johnny Johnny chance broke out from the thousands of fans gathered outside the Flames arena in Calgary longtime godo agent LS gross said on Thursday that it had taken him some time to write about the significance of the 15 years he had spent representing the brothers including joining the godo family gross posted on social media saying my commitment to JN and Matt will last throughout my life even though the hockey may be over I learned so much from these boys I learned the true meaning of family from them contributions to the John and Matthew godo Foundation should be made to gross at sports Professional Management in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey according to obituaries that were published on Thursday keler executive director of USA Hockey began his remarks regarding the 2024 class of the US Hockey Hall of Fame by expressing his continued condolences for the godo family 30 years before John and Matthew one of the inductees Kevin Stevens performed at BC Stevens remarked this past week has been terrible it's really excruciating it's an unfathomable minus Z situation that you should never have to attempt to handle we all gather here and attempt to work together to get this through as best we can