Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, announced the birth of their third child on social networks this week.
The news occurred more than seven months after he and his brother, Matthew, were fatally struck by a vehicle in New Jersey while bicycle the day before the wedding of their sister.
Meredith announced on Monday the birth of Carter Michael Gaudreau in an Instagram publication. He was born on April 1 and shares the same second name as his father.
Johnny Gaudreau of Blue Jackets reacts after scoring the goal against Washington’s capital at Nationwide Arena on January 31, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Ben Jackson / NHLI via Getty Images)
“I love you so much my baby! We are going to have fun so. I can’t wait to give you the best life, my special boy forever,” she wrote in the legend of a photo that imagined her in the hospital bed with her with her Newborn son.
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“John, thank you for giving me our beautiful family. We love you, dad and I miss you so much.”
The center of Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Monahan holds the child of Johnny Gaudreau alongside Meredith Gaudreau and his family as a banner is raised in honor of Johnny before the home opening at Nationwide Arena on October 15, 2024. (Samantha Mada-Imagn images)
Johnny, 31, and Matthew, 29, were to be boys of honor at the wedding of their sister in Philadelphia at the end of August. According to the police at the time, the Gaudreau brothers were bicycle on a road on August 29, 2024, when a suspected drunk driver, In the direction of the same direction, tried to spend two other vehicles and hit the brothers from behind, killing them.
Sean Higgins, 44, was arrested and accused of two guilty manslaughter, two homicide managers per vehicle, falsified evidence and leaving an accident.
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The police also noted that Higgins had a blood alcohol level of 0.087, above the legal limit of New Jersey to drive, and that he failed a sobriety test on the ground. The police also said that Higgins was driving aggressively, which included the speed to drive several vehicles when he hit the Gaudreaus.
Higgins pleaded not guilty to the accusations in January. In early March, his defense lawyers filed a request that the indictment against him was rejected.
Johnny Gaudreau’s wife, Meredith, comes out on the ice with his children and a family member for a memorial for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau before the opening of the house at Nationwide Arena on October 15, 2024. (Samantha Mada-Imagn images)
Johnny and Meredith Gaudreau shared two other children, their 2 year old daughter Noa, and Johnny Jr., who had February 1. Madeline Gaudreau, Matthew’s wife announced the birth of their first child in December.
