The brothers, who were killed Thursday night while riding their bikes in Oldmans Township, showed 'anything’s possible' for local kids and helped make South Jersey a hockey hotbed.
Johnny and Matty Gaudreau were more than hockey. They were inspirations to their South Jersey community.
They were 18, 19, maybe 20 years old, all players on the Philadelphia Rebels junior team, their haircuts fluffy mops, their faces stone. Johnny Gaudreau had been an NHL superstar — a Hobey Baker Award winner at Boston College, a seven-time All-Star over his decade in the league with the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets, on his way to becoming the. He had been their hero.
The brothers were together and in town for their sister Katie’s wedding, which was scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Church in Gloucester City, just two blocks from Gloucester Catholic High School.
The most recent tournament was just last month, at Blue Heron Pines Golf Club in Egg Harbor City, and there was Johnny, shaking hands and catching up with old friends. John Colman, who was Gloucester Catholic’s principal when the school created its hockey program more than two decades ago, was at the tournament, too, and over the phone Friday morning, from his home in North Carolina, he could barely get the words out through his grief.
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