Head coach of SKA St. Petersburg Romain Rotenberg On the Telegram channel, he expressed his condolences on the death of the forward of the NHL club “Columbus Blue Jackets” Johnny Gaudreau .
Earlier, media reports said Gaudreau and his brother Matthew died in a crash while biking on the side of a highway in New Jersey. The Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Sean Higgins, 43, fatally struck the brothers as he attempted to pass another vehicle. The suspect in Gaudreau’s murder reportedly failed a field sobriety test and the man has been charged with two felony counts.
— There is great sorrow in the world hockey family. As a result of this tragic incident, hockey great Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, who also played hockey, passed away. Johnny was only 31 years old. A player who proved once again that with the highest technology and game intelligence, size plays a secondary role. We admired his play for Calgary and Columbus and, with the Russian national team, we faced him at the World Championships and the World Cup in 2016, where he played for the North American Young Stars team.
Johnny left behind a family: a wife and two young children. “My condolences to Johnny’s family, friends, partners, and hockey fans everywhere,” Rotenberg wrote.
Gaudreau was selected 104th overall by Calgary in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and played for the team from 2014 to 2022. Since 2022, he has played for Columbus. In the NHL’s regular season, Gaudreau has played 763 games and scored 743 points (243 goals and 500 assists). In 42 playoff games, he scored 33 points (11+22). As a member of the United States youth team, the forward became a world champion in 2013 and, with the main team, he won bronze at the 2018 World Championship.
The forward has played in the NHL All-Star Game seven times and in 2017 was awarded the Lady Byng Trophy, awarded to a player who has exemplified fair sportsmanship and courteous behavior combined with great playing skills.
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