The late Johnny Gaudreau’s teammates helped celebrate his daughter’s second birthday

The Columbus Blue Jackets are showing Gaudreau some love.

Late hockey player Johnny Gaudreau’s NHL team came together to celebrate the second birthday of his daughter and widow Meredith Gaudreau. In a photo posted by Sarah Gudbranson, who is married to hockey player Erik Gudbranson, the athletes and their families are seen next to a giant lawn sign that reads, “Happy 2nd Birthday Noah!”

“Happy birthday dear Noah,” Sarah Gudbranson wrote alongside the Sept. 30 photo. “Sending so much love from your Jackets family!”

Johnny Gaudreau is survived by his two-year-old daughter, Noah, as well as his son, Johnny. who was born in February. Meredith Gaudreau also pregnant with third child.

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew Gaudreau were killed by alleged drunk driver at the end of August. New Jersey State Police confirmed the brothers were pronounced dead at the scene after they were hit while riding their bikes in their hometown. According to Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, they were supposed to attend their sister’s wedding the next day. New Jersey Advance Media.

Matthew Gaudreau’s wife, Madeline Gaudreau, is also expecting their first child.

Ten days before Johnny and Meredith Gaudreau’s daughter’s birthday, Meredith Gaudreau reflected on how difficult the day would be for her.

“I had a hard time with Noah’s second birthday coming up. “She loves watching videos of her dad before bed, especially her requests for ‘daddy’s hockey,’ which led me to these videos,” she wrote alongside. interview the late hockey player talks about his daughter. “She loves watching him play and cheering for him through the screen. His biggest fan. They loved each other so much. She even has the same freckle as him on her right cheek. And when she turned two, I was told that their personalities were becoming more and more similar, and I can’t wait for that to continue.”

In the clip, the Jackets player described his father’s role as “amazing”: “It’s crazy how you can love something so much from that second.”

On Noah’s birthday, Meredith Gaudreau posted several Instagram stories from friends and family congratulating her little girl.