Hockey season isn’t the identical for Meredith Gaudreau after the tragic dying of late husband Johnny Gaudreau.
“It’s been actually onerous watching hockey begin up and seeing how totally different my life is now,” Meredith wrote through Instagram on Friday, September 20, alongside an outdated video interview that includes Johnny. “My entire life was caring for John and our youngsters. It’s all I ever wished.”
The couple shared daughter Noa, 23 months, and son Johnny, 6 months. Meredith revealed throughout Johnny’s current memorial service that she is at the moment anticipating child No. 3. In her submit, Meredith added the one brilliant aspect is that she will get to see her late husband be honored on daily basis by his buddy and teammate Sean Monahan.
Johnny and Monahan, 29, performed for the Calgary Flames collectively. Johnny later joined the Columbus Blue Jackets. The pair have been going to be reunited this yr after Monahan signed with the Blue Jackets throughout the offseason.
“However watching Sean put on CBJ is one thing I do know John at all times at all times wished,” she continued. “Noa loves cheering for Uncle Sean too. Wishing 23 a superb coaching camp and might’t wait to cheer you on 💙.”
Earlier on Friday, Meredith opened up about how she was having a “onerous time” forward of Noa’s upcoming 2nd birthday.
“She loves watching movies of daddy earlier than mattress particularly her requests for ‘daddy hockey’ which led me to those movies,” she captioned one other interview Johnny did speaking about his household. “She loves watching him play and cheering for him by means of the display. His largest fan.”
She continued: “They beloved one another a lot. She even has the identical freckle as him on her proper cheek. And as she approaches turning 2 I’ve been informed their personalities are attending to be an increasing number of comparable ❤️ and I can’t await that to proceed.”
Whereas watching the movies again, Meredith shared that she felt so “grateful” for her “good husband.”
“To be trustworthy I by no means as soon as didn’t really feel just like the luckiest most grateful lady on the planet for the reason that day I met him,” she continued. “Movies like that is why. I really like you a lot John. Thanks for being the right husband.”
In August, Johnny and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, have been struck and killed whereas driving their bikes in Oldmans Township, New Jersey. Johnny was 31, whereas Matthew was 29. Us Weekly confirmed that the hockey gamers have been hit by Sean M. Higgins, who was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular murder. He’s suspected of being drunk on the time of the incident.
Matthew and Johnny have been set to be groomsmen of their sister Katie Gaudreau’s marriage ceremony, which was scheduled to happen the day after the accident. The nuptials have been postponed within the wake of the tragedy.