
Meredith Gaudreau and Johnny Gaudreau
The kindness of Meredith Gaudreau/InstagramThe audience audiences sang ‘Happy Birthday’ by Johnny Gaudreau Jr. His father Johnny ‘with a tragic death last year.
Blue jackets are faced against Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday, February 2nd in Nationwide Arena, Columbus, when fans were informed during the stop in the middle of the first period that Johnny Gaudreau Jr. celebrated his first birthday.
AND Video board of the Arena Then he showed himself Johnny’s widow, Meredith,, Holding Baby Johnny Jr.
After being asked to sing a traditional birthday song from the crowd, fans sang in harmony, while Meredith kept Johnny the younger.
Johnny, 31, was killed, along with his brother Matthew, 29, in August 2024. When were they hit and killed The driver while riding bicycles at Oldmans Township, New Jersey. The tragic incident happened the night before their sister Katie’s wedding.
As well as Wife Meredith and son Johnny Jr.Johnny survived his daughter Noah, on her part, Matthew survived his wife Madeline, who later gave birth to her first child, a son named Tripp Matthew, December 2024.
After Johnny’s death, Meredith discovered She was a pregnant nine weeks with the third child of the married couple during September 2024.

Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau
Richard T Gagnon/Getty Pictures“We’re actually a five -year family,” Meredith said at the ceremony on September 9, 2024, held in St. Mary Magdalen Parish in front of Philadelphie. “In my ninth week of pregnancy with our third baby. A totally surprise, but again, John shone and so excited. “
Meredith added, “I was so nervous because this, again, a totally surprise. But his reaction immediately kissed and hugged me even though I drove the car. After the initial excitement sank, every time he looked at me, he would say: ‘You know that?
During her speech, Meredith also vowed that the legacy of the late husband would maintain alive on the ice.
“John, I promise that I will soon have a johnny child on skates and be dedicated to hockey mom who drives any distance from all the tournaments,” she said. “I’ll wake up early for games, even if that means Baby Johnny appears in Winnie Pooh’s pajamas and sleeps on a bench, just like you.”
A month later, Meredith Published a strong tribute to her late partner, for whom she married shyly three years before his death.
“John, we love you so much,” Meredith wrote via Instagram in October. “I get more proud of you every day (I have since I met you) and that continues even though you are in the sky. Thank you for giving me our hockey family, our children and such a beautiful life as your wife.”
She continued, “You are and you will always be mine. I love you very much. I love you more every day. I have always told you that there is no word to describe my love for you. There is simply no. “You know how much I love you, don’t you?” 🤍. “