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<\/a><\/p>\nTen pro\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 nezpracovateln\u00e9 emoce, nejen p\u0159i hokejov\u00e9m fin\u00e1le Zimn\u00edch olympijsk\u00fdch her Milano Cortina 2026<\/a>.\u00a0Jeho synov\u00e9 Johnny a\u00a0Matthew zahynuli 29.\u00a0srpna 2024\u00a0pot\u00e9, co je na vyj\u00ed\u017e\u010fce na kolech srazil \u0159idi\u010d s\u00a0alkoholem v\u00a0krvi. I\u00a0Matthew byl \u0161ikovn\u00fdm hokejistou, Johnny rovnou hv\u011bzdou NHL, jedn\u00edm z\u00a0nejlep\u0161\u00edch Ameri\u010dan\u016f 21.\u00a0stolet\u00ed.<\/p>\n Slzy st\u00e1le nezaschly. Po\u0159\u00e1d to bol\u00ed. Po\u0159\u00e1d to ned\u00e1v\u00e1 smysl.<\/p>\n Ale soub\u011b\u017en\u011b se ohromn\u00e1 trag\u00e9die prom\u011bnila v\u00a0pozitivn\u00ed energii. Loni vyhr\u00e1ly Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty po 92\u00a0letech mistrovstv\u00ed sv\u011bta<\/a>, letos poprv\u00e9 od roku 1980\u00a0olympijsk\u00e9 hry<\/a>. P\u0159ed rokem vyt\u00e1hli Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 po titulu Gaudrea\u016fv dres s\u00a0\u010d\u00edslem 13, te\u010f vzali na led rovnou jeho d\u011bti. Mal\u00e1 Noa i\u00a0jej\u00ed br\u00e1cha Johnny junior uprost\u0159ed hluku a\u00a0oslav p\u0159ipom\u00ednali prof\u00edky. Sourozenci pak zap\u00f3zovali i\u00a0na ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed fotografii.<\/p>\n \u201eKluky z\u00a0t\u00fdmu znaj\u00ed, byli s\u00a0nimi v\u00a0pohod\u011b, nejsou to pro n\u011b ciz\u00ed lid\u00e9,\u201c l\u00ed\u010dil Guy Gaudreau, jejich d\u011bde\u010dek a\u00a0otec zesnul\u00fdch hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f, ve velk\u00e9m interview pro stanici Fox 29\u00a0Philadelphia, kde mu po boku sed\u011bla i\u00a0man\u017eelka Jane.<\/p>\n V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00ed Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 vzali na focen\u00ed i\u00a0d\u011bti zesnul\u00e9ho kamar\u00e1da.<\/p>\n A pokra\u010doval: \u201eV\u00edte, hokej je specifick\u00e1 komunita. V\u011bt\u0161ina hokejist\u016f jsou dob\u0159\u00ed lid\u00e9, spr\u00e1vn\u011b vychovan\u00ed rodi\u010di, kte\u0159\u00ed toho pro n\u011b hodn\u011b ob\u011btovali. D\u011bti to ocen\u00ed, i\u00a0ty na\u0161e. Vid\u00edte, zase pl\u00e1\u010du. Pl\u00e1\u010deme hodn\u011b. Ka\u017ed\u00e9 r\u00e1no vstaneme a\u00a0sna\u017e\u00edme se j\u00edt d\u00e1l.\u201c<\/p>\n N\u00e1pad vz\u00edt Gaudreaovy d\u011bti na led byl impulzivn\u00ed, nepl\u00e1novan\u00fd. Johnnyho rodi\u010de byli mezi prvn\u00edmi, kdo tu\u0161ili, co p\u0159ijde – v\u00edt\u011bzn\u00ed Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 toti\u017e zavolali vdov\u011b po Johnnym, t\u00e9\u017e p\u0159\u00edtomn\u00e9 v\u00a0hledi\u0161ti v\u00a0Mil\u00e1n\u011b, a\u00a0Meredith Gaudreauov\u00e1 svolila.<\/p>\n \u201eByli jsme po\u0159\u00e1d v\u00a0\u0161oku,\u201c dodala Jane Gaudreaov\u00e1. \u201eAle v\u0161ichni to c\u00edtili stejn\u011b. My, na\u0161i p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00ed u\u00a0sebe v\u00a0ob\u00fdv\u00e1c\u00edch, lid\u00e9 po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. Bylo to tak dojemn\u00e9!\u201c<\/p>\n Dojemn\u00e9 a\u00a0smutn\u00e9 z\u00e1rove\u0148. Dr\u00e1saj\u00edc\u00ed.<\/p>\n \u201eV\u0161ichni n\u00e1m \u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed: Johnny tady m\u011bl b\u00fdt,\u201c ut\u00edral si o\u010di jeho t\u00e1ta. A\u00a0maminka Jane p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u011b dodala: \u201eJ\u00e1 v\u011b\u0159\u00edm, \u017ee on i\u00a0Matt s\u00a0n\u00e1mi na stadionu byli.\u201c<\/p>\n V \u010dasech, kdy Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty pod veden\u00edm Donalda Trumpa<\/a> trhaj\u00ed glob\u00e1ln\u00ed \u0159\u00e1d a\u00a0v\u00e1l\u010d\u00ed na Bl\u00edzk\u00e9m v\u00fdchod\u011b, m\u00e1 zem\u011b spoustu pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed, jej\u00ed image eroduje. V\u00a0hokeji se ale ukazuje to nejlep\u0161\u00ed z\u00a0USA. Semknutost. Patriotismus ve spr\u00e1vn\u00e9m slova smyslu. Ochota pomoci. Smysl pro komunitu.<\/p>\n \u201eV\u011bt\u0161inu kluk\u016f z\u00a0americk\u00e9ho t\u00fdmu zn\u00e1me osobn\u011b,\u201c p\u0159ik\u00fdvl Guy Gaudreau. \u201eMilovali m\u00e9ho syna a\u00a0on miloval je. Navz\u00e1jem si byli na svatb\u00e1ch, pro\u017eili toho spole\u010dn\u011b spoustu.\u201c<\/p>\n A tak postupn\u011b prosakuj\u00ed dal\u0161\u00ed a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed detaily, co Gaudreau znamenal pro sv\u00e9 kamar\u00e1dy – i\u00a0pro cel\u00fd americk\u00fd hokej<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zlat\u00e9 medaile jsou kr\u00e1sn\u00e1 v\u011bc, pro hokej v\u00a0USA<\/a> obzvl\u00e1\u0161\u0165. Olympijsk\u00fd prim\u00e1t m\u00e1 p\u0159edstavovat dal\u0161\u00ed boom, sousedsk\u00e1 Kanada<\/a> aby se z\u00a0pozice kol\u00e9bky tohoto sportu hodn\u011b b\u00e1la. Ale pak tu jsou zven\u010d\u00ed subtiln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, p\u0159esto nem\u00e9n\u011b d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9 v\u011bci.<\/p>\n Gaudreaovi rodi\u010de loni za\u010dali s\u00a0charitativn\u00edm po\u010dinem 5k Run, kdy se na pam\u00e1tku obou brat\u0159\u00ed lid\u00e9 zav\u00e1\u017eou k\u00a0b\u011bhu \u010di k\u00a0ch\u016fzi, klidn\u011b i\u00a0virtu\u00e1ln\u011b, p\u0159\u00edpadn\u011b si letos mohou zahr\u00e1t v\u00a0USA popul\u00e1rn\u00ed sport corn hole. P\u0159i premi\u00e9\u0159e se vybralo p\u016fsobiv\u00fdch 550\u00a0tis\u00edc dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n \u201eChceme pomoci sledge hokejist\u016fm, hokeji pro nevidom\u00e9. D\u011btem ze znev\u00fdhodn\u011bn\u00fdch rodin,\u201c \u0159\u00edkal Guy Gaudreau. \u201eNa\u0161i kluci ned\u011blali jen hokej, ale hr\u00e1li i\u00a0fotbal, baseball, basketbal. A\u00a0v\u0161em pom\u00e1hali. Chceme v\u00a0tom pokra\u010dovat,\u201c dod\u00e1v\u00e1 jeho man\u017eelka.<\/p>\n U\u017e to je samo o\u00a0sob\u011b \u0161lechetn\u00e9. Ale detaily p\u0159ekvapuj\u00ed je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edc. Gaudrea\u016fv otec popsal, jak se do charitativn\u00edho b\u011bhu zapojil zm\u00edn\u011bn\u00fd Matthew Tkachuk. \u010cist\u011b hokejov\u011b jeden z\u00a0nejnen\u00e1vid\u011bn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f sou\u010dasnosti – tohle ho ukazuje \u00fapln\u011b jinak.<\/p>\n \u201eV pln\u00e9m proudu bylo play off, ve kter\u00e9m pak s\u00a0Floridou vyhr\u00e1l Stanley Cup<\/a>. To nemysl\u00edte na nic jin\u00e9ho ne\u017e na hokej. Ale on si stejn\u011b ve voln\u00fd den mezi dv\u011bma z\u00e1pasy virtu\u00e1ln\u011b zab\u011bhl n\u00e1\u0161 z\u00e1vod,\u201c ocenil ho Guy Gaudreau.<\/p>\n Ostatn\u011b i\u00a0tento t\u00fdden se Tkachuk p\u0159ed z\u00e1pasem Floridy<\/a> na led\u011b Columbusu<\/a> zastavil za Meredith i\u00a0ob\u011bma d\u011btmi. \u201eVe\u010de\u0159e, Noa a\u00a0strejda Chucky,\u201c napsala na instagram vdova po Gaudreauovi.<\/p>\n Zd\u00e1nliv\u00e9 drobnosti, z\u00a0nich\u017e n\u00e1sledn\u011b vyr\u016fstaj\u00ed velk\u00e9 v\u011bci. Na v\u00edt\u011bzn\u00fd g\u00f3l USA v\u00a0olympijsk\u00e9m fin\u00e1le proti Kanad\u011b nahr\u00e1val v\u00a0prodlou\u017een\u00ed Zach Werenski, dlouholet\u00fd spoluhr\u00e1\u010d Johnnyho z\u00a0Columbusu. Ten Werenski, jen\u017e dorazil do Mil\u00e1na ve speci\u00e1ln\u00ed mikin\u011b z\u00a0kolekce, kterou prod\u00e1v\u00e1 nadace obou brat\u0159\u00ed.<\/p>\n D\u00edky n\u00ed si mohou jednou zahr\u00e1t hokej t\u011blesn\u011b posti\u017een\u00ed, nebo\u0165 prim\u00e1rn\u011b c\u00edl\u00ed na podporu sledge hokejist\u016f ve st\u00e1t\u011b Ohio. Anebo kluci a\u00a0holky, kte\u0159\u00ed by jinak nem\u011bli \u0161anci kv\u016fli n\u00e1klad\u016fm na vybaven\u00ed, kv\u016fli cen\u011b ledu.<\/p>\n \u201eTohle je pro n\u00e1s d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1 v\u011bc,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 pan\u00ed Jane, je\u017e m\u00e1 t\u011blesn\u011b posti\u017een\u00e9ho bratra a\u00a0na \u0161kole, kterou nav\u0161t\u011bvoval, u\u010dila cel\u00fd \u017eivot jej\u00ed maminka. Dote\u010f ji doj\u00edm\u00e1, \u017ee Johnny na pomoc lidem s\u00a0hendikepem v\u011bnoval deset\u00a0tis\u00edc dolar\u016f, kter\u00e9 z\u00edskal na Utk\u00e1n\u00ed hv\u011bzd NHL: \u201eKluci nechodili dom\u016f a\u00a0ne\u0159\u00edkali: H\u00e1dejte, komu jsme dneska pomohli. A\u017e pot\u00e9, co se to stalo, jsme si uv\u011bdomili, kolika \u017eivot\u016f se dotkli a\u00a0zm\u011bnili je k\u00a0lep\u0161\u00edmu.\u201c<\/p>\n Gaudrea\u016fv dres vzali Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 i\u00a0na bezprost\u0159edn\u00ed oslavy titulu mistr\u016f sv\u011bta.<\/p>\n Tkachuk, Werenski i\u00a0v\u0161ichni dal\u0161\u00ed hv\u011bzdn\u00ed Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 sou\u010dasnosti to vn\u00edmaj\u00ed. Brat\u0159i Gaudreauov\u00e9 byli v\u00a0mnoha ohledech v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00ed – na led\u011b hlavn\u011b d\u00edky Johnnymu, mimo n\u011bj ale hr\u00e1li stejnou sout\u011b\u017e v\u00a0n\u00e1pomocnosti, ve \u0161t\u011bdrosti.<\/p>\n Leto\u0161n\u00ed 5k Run, kter\u00fd je na programu znovu v\u00a0kv\u011btnu, podle p\u0159edpoklad\u016f vynese op\u011bt statis\u00edce dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n \u201eNejd\u0159\u00edv jsme si mysleli, \u017ee se z\u00fa\u010dastn\u00ed tak stovka lid\u00ed. Nakonec jsme m\u011bli n\u011bkoho v\u00a0ka\u017ed\u00e9m z\u00a0pades\u00e1ti americk\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f i\u00a0ve v\u0161ech kanadsk\u00fdch provinci\u00edch. Je \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9 vid\u011bt, kolika lidem na Johnnym a\u00a0Mattym z\u00e1le\u017eelo,\u201c \u0159\u00edk\u00e1 Jane Gaudreaov\u00e1.<\/p>\n Jen m\u00e1lokdy se poda\u0159\u00ed smutek a\u00a0slzy p\u0159etavit v\u00a0tolik pozitivn\u00edho. Co\u017e neznamen\u00e1, \u017ee by Guy a\u00a0Jane netrp\u011bli. \u010cas mo\u017en\u00e1 l\u00e9\u010d\u00ed, ale ne \u00fapln\u011b.<\/p>\n V prvn\u00edch dnech bylo t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 u\u017e vst\u00e1t z\u00a0postele a\u00a0osprchovat se.<\/p>\n Jane Gaudreauov\u00e1<\/p>\n \u201eV prvn\u00edch dnech bylo t\u011b\u017ek\u00e9 u\u017e vst\u00e1t z\u00a0postele a\u00a0osprchovat se,\u201c p\u0159iznala v\u00a0televizn\u00edm interview pan\u00ed Gaudreauov\u00e1.<\/p>\n Proto ostatn\u011b man\u017eel\u00e9 p\u016fvodn\u011b s\u00a0d\u00edky odm\u00edtli i\u00a0cestu na olympi\u00e1du, se zn\u00e1m\u00fdmi m\u011bli domluvenou cestu do Las Vegas. Mysleli, \u017ee by to na n\u011b emo\u010dn\u011b bylo a\u017e p\u0159\u00edli\u0161.<\/p>\n Jen\u017ee pak si Guy vzpomn\u011bl, jak jeho syn v\u00a0posledn\u00edm l\u00e9t\u011b sv\u00e9ho \u017eivota d\u0159el je\u0161t\u011b v\u00edc ne\u017e obvykle, nebo\u0165 ho turnaj pod p\u011bti kruhy v\u00e1bil. \u00da\u010dast na olympi\u00e1d\u011b pat\u0159ila k\u00a0jeho nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm sportovn\u00edm sn\u016fm.<\/p>\n \u201eA j\u00e1 jsem si ve\u010der lehala do postele a\u00a0napadlo m\u011b: V\u017edy\u0165 by to John p\u0159ece cht\u011bl,\u201c popsala Jane Gaudreauov\u00e1. \u201eKdy\u017e o\u00a0na\u0161em odm\u00edtnut\u00ed let\u011bt na olympi\u00e1du sly\u0161ely dcery, jen op\u00e1\u010dily: Zbl\u00e1znili jste se?\u201c<\/p>\n Byla z\u00a0toho rychloakce, kufr j\u00ed sbalila pr\u00e1v\u011b jedna z\u00a0dcer, aby Gaudreaovi stihli odlet. Krom\u011b hokeje v\u00a0Mil\u00e1n\u011b zvl\u00e1dli v\u00a0It\u00e1lii nap\u0159\u00edklad\u00a0v\u00fdlet k\u00a0jezeru Como. U\u017eili si ho i\u00a0s vnou\u010daty.<\/p>\n \u201eN\u00e1dhern\u00e1 zem\u011b, rozhodn\u011b se vr\u00e1t\u00edme,\u201c \u0159ekl Guy Gaudreau. \u201eJsem moc r\u00e1da, \u017ee jsme tam let\u011bli. Neodpustila bych si to. V\u0161ichni kluci c\u00edtili, \u017ee je Johnny po\u0159\u00e1d sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed d\u011bn\u00ed,\u201c dodala jeho man\u017eelka Jane.<\/p>\n Zesnul\u00ed brat\u0159i tak budou jist\u011b pom\u00e1hat i\u00a0d\u00e1l. Ameri\u010dan\u016fm k\u00a0velk\u00fdm titul\u016fm\u00a0\u2013 a\u00a0anonymn\u00edm hokejist\u016fm k\u00a0tomu, aby mohli vyjet pro radost na led.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Navzdory v\u0161em sn\u00edmk\u016fm oslniv\u00e9 euforie i\u00a0bolesti z\u00a0proher nemohly \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 olympijsk\u00e9 fotografie silou emoc\u00ed p\u0159ekonat tyto. 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