Johnny Gaudreau, a forward with the Columbus Blue Jackets and a former Hobey Baker Award winner with the Boston College Eagles, died on Thursday night, along with his brother Matthew, aged 31.
According to several sources, the brothers were riding their bikes when they were hit by a drunk driver in Oldmans Township, New Jersey.
The Columbus Blue Jackets issued the following statement Friday morning:
The Columbus Blue Jackets issued a statement following the death of Johnny Gaudreau and his brother,
Gaudreau, also known as Johnny Hockey, played three seasons with the Boston College men’s ice hockey team from 2011 to 2014, scoring 175 points including 78 goals for the Eagles. He was a member of British Columbia’s fifth-ever National Championship team in 2012 and won the 2014 Hobey Baker Award as the top college hockey player in the country that season, scoring 80 points and 36 goals.
Boston College Athletics has not yet issued a statement.
Throughout his 11-year NHL career, Gaudreau recorded 743 points and 243 goals. The Calgary Flames selected him with the 101st overall pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, and he spent nine seasons with them before signing with the Blue Jackets.
A free agent in the summer of 2022.Gaudreau regularly represented the United States on the international level, including at the IIHF World Championships in Czechia earlier this summer, where he recorded 11 points and three goals.
Matthew Gaudreau was 29 years old. He previously played hockey at Boston College, accumulating 62 points and 12 goals across four seasons from 2013 to 2017. He spent five seasons playing professionally in the United States and Sweden, most recently for the Worcester Railers of the ECHL in 2022.
The Gaudreau brothers are survived by their family and friends, and their loss is felt by everyone in the hockey community.
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