Group USA had the complete help of the Gaudreau household on the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Johnny Gaudreau’s widow, Meredith Gaudreauand his dad and mom have been noticed within the crowd through the males’s hockey semifinal matchup towards Slovakia on Friday, February 20. (Group USA finally gained the sport, advancing to the gold medal championship spherical towards Canada on Sunday, February 22.)
“Try to be right here, John, and I’m so sorry you aren’t,” Meredith wrote by way of her Instagram Tales afterward Friday. “So happy with you and your legacy.”
Meredith additionally shared a candy pic of daughter Noa, 3, decked out in Group USA gear and holding an American flag earlier than the sport in Milan, Italy. (Along with Noa, Meredith and Johnny shared sons Johnny Jr., 2, and Carter, 10 months.)
Late hockey star Johnny Gaudreau’s spouse, Meredith Gaudreau, is celebrating their son’s 1st birthday. “Pleased 1st Birthday to our child boy! We love you a lot, Child Johnny! Already so sturdy and so particular,” Meredith wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, February 22. “‘I can’t imagine you gave me a boy,’ is all John stated over (…)
Johnny, a ahead for the Columbus Blue Jackets and a favourite for the 2026 Olympic hockey staff, died in an August 2024 accident on the age of 31. Johnny and his brother, Matthew Gaudreauhave been struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver whereas driving their bikes earlier than their sister Katie Gaudreau’s marriage ceremony in New Jersey.
“The Columbus Blue Jackets are shocked and devastated by this unimaginable tragedy,” the Ohio hockey staff stated in a press release on the time. “Johnny was not solely a terrific hockey participant, however extra considerably a loving father, son, brother and pal.”
The assertion concluded, “We prolong our heartfelt sympathies to his spouse, Meredith, his kids Noa and Johnny, his dad and mom, their household and mates on the sudden demise of Johnny and Matthew.”
Johnny and Meredith Gaudreau’s daughter Noa.
Courtesy of Meredith Gaudreau/ InstagramMeredith, who began courting Johnny in 2018, broke her silence that very same month.
“Thanks for the very best years of my life. Regardless of shedding you, I’m nonetheless the luckiest lady on the earth to have been yours. I like you so a lot,” she wrote by way of Instagram in August 2024. “You have been good. Some days it felt too good to be true. I like each single factor about you. You’re my perpetually and I can’t wait to be with you once more. I like you a lot, perpetually and ever.”
In a follow-up tribute, Meredith referred to as Johnny “the best possible dad on the earth.”
“(He was) so caring and loving. One of the best associate to undergo parenthood with,” she wrote in a social media add. “John by no means missed a single (docs’) appointment. Was the very best at placing the infant to sleep and the Apple of Noa’s eye. I like how a lot she seems to be like him. We’re going to make you proud. We love you so so a lot, Daddy.”
Courtesy of Meredith Gaudreau/Instagram Though Johnny Gaudreau cherished the sport of hockey, his household at all times got here first. Off the ice, the NHL participant loved spending high quality time along with his spouse, Meredith, and their two kids, Noa and Johnny. Tragedy struck the Gaudreau household, nonetheless, when Johnny and his youthful brother, Matthew Gaudreau, have been killed whereas (…)
Meredith introduced at Johnny and her brother-in-law Matthew’s funeral in September 2024 that she was pregnant with child No. 3. She gave start to son Carter in April 2025.
“Our third child is right here!” Meredith wrote by way of Instagramsaying Carter’s arrival. “I like you a lot my child! We’re going to have a lot enjoyable. I can’t wait to provide the greatest life, my particular boy perpetually. John, thanks for giving me our lovely household. We love u, Daddy and miss you a lot.”
John can be survived by his dad and mom and two sisters. Matthew, who died at 29, was married to spouse Madeline Gaudreauwho gave start to son Tripp after the brothers’ deaths.