The Philadelphia Flyers honored the memory of the Gaudreau brothers by wearing their high school hockey jerseys to their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
Flyers players entered Wells Fargo Center wearing home red Gloucester Catholic Rams sweaters with either Johnny’s No. 13 or Matthew’s No. 21 on the back.
“Everybody wants to honor Johnny, so do we. We’ve been through it. It’s something that is definitely not a negative, as far as people and their process of healing and celebrating who he was,” Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said. “We encourage it and will be part of it, which we always are.”
Both Gaudreaus were star hockey players at Gloucester Catholic, less than 15 minutes away over the Walt Whitman Bridge from where the Flyers play their home games. Johnny and Matthew died tragically on Aug. 29 when they were struck by an alleged drunk driver who has been charged with two counts of death by auto, while riding bicycles near their home in Salem County, New Jersey.