The Turn of the deaths of nhl star johnny goodrow and his brother killed by a drunk driver family members now posting tribute as we learn more about what happened
i’m sad to hear the details good morning to him it good morning so johnny was known as johnny hockey and more than anything he’s being remembered now for his love of family and especially his brother and now their family speaking out about the bombay shared and how they will be missed by so many
this morning tribute to pouring in for nhl star johnny goudreau and his brother matthew after their shocking debts the brothers recycling around eight thirty pm thursday night when they were killed by an alleged drunk driver just a day before their sister was supposed to get married police say the driver forty three year old john higgins
driving recklessly when he attempted to pass slower moving vehicle on it’s right side hitting the brothers on bikes from behind telling investigators he had five or six beers before the crash and failed the field sobriety test at the time the new jersey national guardsmen was also working for a drug and alcohol abuse treatment provider his employer
your announced on facebook that he was immediately placed on leave
johnny goodrow started his nhl career with the calgary flames for nine seasons before moving to the columbus blue jackets he was a seven time all star during his eleven seasons in the nhl all after playing for boston college where he was recruited with matthew the brothers known for their close bond view astro city or favorite players you
we’ve got to be a both boys are be boomer me and my brother reverb in this for room over here the blue jackets are also remembering their star forward not only as johnny hockey but also as a father husband son brother nephew friend teammate and role model oil is reported this week and hybrid well family
i’m ah doesn’t matter where it is and fans and loved ones are morning the brothers we noon the kids all their lives i used to babysit them and i went to school his mother very very nice family is heartbreaking
and are so he matthews wife madeline do with the couples first child in december rights in an instagram post best fourteen years of my life i will cherish those years and you for the rest of my life johnny leave behind two young children his wife meredith right thank you for the best years of my life despite losing you i’m still the luckiest girl
the world to have been yours i love you so so much you are perfect some days it felt too good to be true i love every single thing about you you are my forever i can’t wait to be with you again i love you so much for ever and ever-and the sus⁷pect is now facing vehicular homicide charges he is due back in court september fifth but the families really focus on how inseparable these two were with johnny his wife’s posting on instagram that they take comfort in knowing in her words they are of course and heaven together