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Meredith Gaudreau continues to be discovering methods to honor her late husband, NHL star Johnny Gaudreau.
Meredith, alongside along with her two kids, led her late husband’s former NHL workforce the Columbus Blue Jackets onto the ice forward of their matchup towards the Detroit Pink Wings on Saturday, March 1.
Meredith — who wore a white Blue Jackets letterman-style jacket in honor of her husband — can also be pregnant with the pair’s third little one. Johnny and his brother Matthew Gaudreau had been killed by an alleged drunk driver in August 2024 whereas they had been biking in Oldmans Township, New Jersey, simply in the future earlier than their sister was scheduled to get married.
Johnny’s teammates additionally honored the late left winger by sporting Gaudreau’s “signature match” — a blue hoodie, black pants, black Ugg boots and a black cap — forward of the match as a part of the pre-game festivities. “His model was undoubtedly extra distinctive, extra laidback,” the workforce’s defenseman Zach Werenski mentioned through NHL.com on March 1. “He wore the identical stuff on a regular basis. I feel that’s what made him in a way a particular particular person, how laid again he was. A part of that was his model. We simply thought it was an amazing thought to decorate like him.”
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A crowd of Blue Jackets followers sang ‘comfortable birthday’ to Johnny Gaudreau Jr. in a touching second within the wake of his father Johnny’s tragic loss of life final yr. The Blue Jackets had been dealing with off towards the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, February 22 at Nationwide Area, Columbus when followers had been knowledgeable throughout a stoppage halfway by way of […]
Meredith was a part of the plan to honor Gaudreau through his signature look from the start, mentioned the workforce’s captain Boone Jenner. “She helped us so much with photos, looking for his signature Johnny match,” Jenner defined on the location on March 1. “We have now to thank her so much.”
Meredith purchased the sweatshirts for her husband’s former teammates to put on from the Avalon Surf Store in Avalon, New Jersey, the place the Gaudreau household used to benefit from the seaside collectively.
“He wore that sweatshirt so much; only a easy hoodie, easy sweats,” Jenner additionally mentioned. “He’s received the Ugg boots that he’d all the time put on within the winter. ‘’Mer purchased him that Amiri hat with the three stars and he wore it on a regular basis. It’s fairly humorous, those we’re sporting are black, however his was fairly beat down with sweat stains.”
Meredith Gaudreau is remembering the numerous skills of her late husband Johnny Gaudreau. On Tuesday, November 5, Meredith reposted a number of pictures initially shared by followers and family members who had uploaded their “Favourite Johnny hockey pic” to social media. Deciding on a handful of posts to share through her personal Instagram Tales, Meredith painted a touching […]
“Once we see these outfits we consider him and it reminds us of him,” he continued. “It’s very particular to us. We needed to verify we put the correct items in to honor him the correct means, the entire match. I feel it’s a great tribute the way in which it’s finished. It’s not hockey gear, simply road garments, extra the particular person he was and the nice reminiscences now we have.”
Meredith celebrated the pair’s son’s birthday on Saturday, February 22. “Completely happy 1st Birthday to our child boy! We love you a lot, Child Johnny! Already so robust and so particular,” she wrote through Instagram. “‘I can’t imagine you gave me a boy,’ is all John mentioned time and again when child Johnny arrived. I couldn’t cease watching how comfortable John was — the most effective moments of my life.”
“Child Johnny you’re Mommy’s rock and Noa’s finest good friend. All of Daddy’s accomplishments don’t examine to the satisfaction and pleasure he had in being your father,” she added.
