{"id":193446,"date":"2025-09-02T06:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193446\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:36:19","slug":"matthew-and-johnny-gaudreaus-widows-reunite-on-first-anniversary-of-tragic-nhl-stars-deaths-on-touching-trip-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193446\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew and Johnny Gaudreau’s widows reunite on first anniversary of tragic NHL star’s deaths on touching trip with kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT has been one year since the tragic deaths of ice hockey stars Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The brothers were struck by a drunk driver<\/a> on August 29, 2024 \u2013 the day before their sister, Katie’s, wedding.<\/p>\n

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Madeline and Meredith Gaudreau spent the first anniversary of their husbands’ deaths togetherCredit: Instagram \/ mogaudreau\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Johnny Gaudreau pictured with wife MeredithCredit: Instagram\/Meredith Gaudreau\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Matthew Gaudreau and wife Madeline Gaudreau before the ex-NHL player was killedCredit: Instagram\/ mattygaudreau11<\/p>\n

Widows Madeline and Meredith<\/a> have marked the first anniversary of the pair’s passing with a beach visit alongside their children.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram Stories post, Meredith shared<\/a> a photo of herself with
Madeline, posing with daughter Noa.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Madeline shared an image of Tripp splashing in the Jersey
Shore waves as his father and uncle were commemorated.<\/p>\n

Brothers Matthew and Johnny were out cycling in Oldmans Township, New Jersey, when they were struck and killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Johnny was aged 31, while Matthew was 29 at the time of their deaths.<\/p>\n

Older brother Johnny started his NHL career with the Calgary Flames in 2014, spending nine seasons in Canada.<\/p>\n

He played for a further two seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets
before his death.<\/p>\n

Former Blue Jackets teammate Sean Monahan broke down in tears during a tribute to the brothers as Johnny’s former sides faced off in December 2024.<\/p>\n

In addition to his NHL career, he represented the United States and Team North America at the international level.<\/p>\n

Johnny was commemorated during Team USA’s defeat against Canada in February 2025, with chants of “Johnny Hockey” echoing around Boston’s TD Garden.<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking Loss: Johnny Gaudreau’s Sudden Passing<\/p>\n

Younger brother Matthew spent the majority of his career with several teams in the American Hockey League and the ECHL.<\/p>\n

During the 2020-21 season, Matthew travelled to Sweden to join Tyringe SoSS in the third-tier Hockeyettan.<\/p>\n

Driver Sean Higgins was charged with two counts of death by auto and reckless driving.<\/p>\n

He pleaded not guilty in January after turning down a plea deal that
would have seen him spend 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Higgins is due back in court on September 18.<\/p>\n

The brothers’ widows<\/a> have opted to visit the Jersey Shore on the anniversary of their deaths to commemorate a year since their passing.<\/p>\n

Matthew’s widow, Meredith, shared that she was pregnant with the
couple’s third child while delivering her heartbreaking eulogy at their
funeral.<\/p>\n

She gave birth to Tripp Matthew four months after her husband’s untimely death.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Johnny’s widow Madeline was also pregnant at the time of the pair’s passing.<\/p>\n

Madeline gave birth to their son, Carter, seven months after the fatal
incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT has been one year since the tragic deaths of ice hockey stars Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[8665,28410,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-193446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-national-hockey-league","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115133323187712400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}