Family and friends, together with members of the Columbus Blue Jackets and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, gathered Monday to pay their respects to NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed in a biking accident final month.

Throughout a heartfelt eulogy for her husband, Gaudreau’s spouse, Meredith Gaudreau, revealed she is pregnant with the couple’s third little one. 

“We’re truly a household of 5,” Meredith Gaudreau stated throughout her eulogy. “I am in my ninth week of being pregnant with our third child. A complete shock, however once more, John was beaming and so excited.

“I used to be so nervous as a result of this was, once more, a complete shock. However his response was simply instantly kissing me and hugging me regardless that I used to be driving the automotive. After the preliminary pleasure sank in, each time he checked out me, he would say, ‘You are nuts, that? Three youngsters?'”

Meredith Gaudreau additionally took the chance to replicate on her relationship with the Blue Jackets star throughout her 40-minute eulogy. The couple beforehand had Noa Harper Gaudreau, who was born on Sept. 30, 2022, together with Johnny Edward Gaudreau (born on Feb. 22, 2024). 

“John and I had one of the best six months as a household of 4. These will eternally be one of the best six months of my life,” Meredith Gaudreau added. “There’s particularly one week that I’ll cherish eternally — it is going to be my favourite week of my life out of these six months.”

Gaudreau, 31, alongside along with his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, have been driving bicycles in OIdmans Township, New Jersey once they have been struck and killed by a drunk driver, in accordance with police. The motive force was arrested and charged with two counts of loss of life by auto.

Matthew Gaudreau’s spouse, Madeline Gaudreau, was additionally pregnant with their first little one on the time of his loss of life. The Gaudreau brothers have been on the town to be groomsmen of their sister’s wedding ceremony on the time of their deaths.