NHL legend Henrik Lundqvist has opened about the impact the recent deaths of NHL All-Star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, have had on the hockey community. “Obviously, it’s such a tragedy. It’s had a huge effect on all the players in the hockey community,” Lundqvist, 42, a Hall of Famer goalie for the New York Rangers, told Fox News in an interview published Friday, October 4.
“Hockey community is tight. I played against Johnny, met Johnny a bunch at All-Star events through friends, super-nice guy. His brother, I never met, but listening to people talk about them as brothers and family, they were great people.
It was a tough couple days when you heard the news and just sad.” Johnny and Matthew were killed on August 29 when an allegedly drunk driver struck the siblings while they were riding bicycles near their hometown in New Jersey. The brothers were together to celebrate their sister Katie’s wedding, which was to be held the next day.
Johnny and Matthew were 31 and 29, respectively. Following the deaths, Katie and her fiancé, Devin Joyce , canceled their wedding in light of the tragedy. Sean M.
Higgins , the man accused of fatally striking Johnny and Matthew with his vehicle, is currently behind bars after being charged with two counts of vehicular homicide. During a September 13 court appearance, it was revealed that Higgins’ blood-alcohol level was .087, over the legal limit of .
08. Higgins had previously admitted to New Jersey State Police tha.