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“He looks exactly like his daddy too.”

Johnny Gaudreau playing for Columbus in January 2024. Matt Slocum

By Rita Chandler, The Boston Globe

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Meredith Gaudreau, the widow of NHL and Boston College hockey star Johnny Gaudreau, announced on Monday the arrival of their third child, just over seven months after her husband’s death.

In an Instagram post, she introduced newborn son, Carter Michael Gaudreau—“Same middle name as his daddy,” Meredith wrote in the caption.

“8lb 3 ounces, 20.5 – exact same as his daddy,” she continued. “He looks exactly like his daddy too.”

Johnny, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29—also a former Boston College player and professional hockey player —were killed on Aug. 29, 2024, after being hit by a drunk driver near their childhood home in New Jersey.

The two were struck from behind while biking on a rural road, less than a day before the wedding of their younger sister, Katie. The driver, Sean M. Higgins, faces charges including two counts of death by auto, reckless driving, and consuming alcohol in a vehicle.

A makeshift memorial for NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, who were killed by a suspected drunken driver as they bicycled on a rural road, Sept. 5, 2024, in Oldmans Township , N.J. – Matt Rourke

At the brothers’ memorial service in September, Meredith announced she was nine weeks pregnant with her and Johnny’s third child.

“A total surprise… but I look at it as the ultimate blessing,” she said in her eulogy.

Matthew’s wife, Madeline Gaudreau, was also pregnant at the time. She gave birth to their first child, Tripp Matthew Gaudreau, in December.

Johnny Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” spent 11 seasons in the NHL—nine with the Calgary Flames before signing a seven-year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2022.He and Matthew were honored across the league by a video tribute and moments of silence ahead of the 2024–25 season.

The Blue Jackets posted a message on X Monday afternoon, congratulating Meredith on the birth of their new baby.

“The newest member of the CBJ family,” the post read.

At Boston College, Johnny helped lead the Eagles to a national championship as a freshman in 2012 and was named Hockey East Player of the Year twice. After being drafted by the Calgary Flames, he chose to return for a third season so he could play alongside Matthew—and played his best season yet, earning the 2014 Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top player.

Material from previous Globe stories was used in this report.





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