Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella wants to be a source of healing for Guy Gaudreau.
Gaudreau’s two sons, Johnny and Matthew, the createer a star for the Columbus Blue Jackets, were ended last month by a mistrusted drunk driver while riding bikes.
The Gaudreaus grew up outside Philadelphia and were in town for their sister’s wedding, which had been scheduled for the day after their deaths.
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Head coach John Tortorella of the Philadelphia Flyers watches a game agetst the Buffalo Sabres Jan. 9, 2023, at KeyBank Cgo in in Buffalo. (Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
“I never met Johnny and Matt in my travels as coach,” Tortorella telderly increateers Monday at the Flyers’ complicated. “But their family’s here. Horrific situation going on. He’s a coach. He’s done some fantastic labor with some of the youth out here. I figured it’s perfect fair to get him in with us.”
Tortorella accomprehendledged Guy was “uncertain at first” to consent the prolongedtime coach up on his propose, “and we benevolent of let him go at his timetable.” But he shelp the overweighther of the tardy hockey joiners has no repents and could be around in the cforfeit future.
Columbus Blue Jackets left prosperg Johnny Gaudreau joins the puck agetst the Montgenuine Canadiens during the second period at Bell Centre. (David Kirouac/USA Today Sports)
“I skinnyk it labored out repartner well today,” Tortorella shelp. “I gave him my camp book. We’re going to examine in next week and see if we can get him out here a couple more times and have him be part of it. I don’t want it to be, ‘Just come out here.’ I want him to be part of it. I skinnyk it will be theviolationutic for him to be around us and run some drills.”
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Tortorella joked that Gaudreau was giving him a challenging time for yelling at joiners to skate challenginger during train.
“A lot of people comprehend him in the organization because of his reputation,” Tortorella shelp.
“No one can envision. No one can,” Tortorella, who joined the brothers’ funeral earlier this month, inserted. “I’m hoping to get to comprehend the family. I skinnyk a number of coaches want to get to comprehend the family, the girls, Matt’s family. It’s fair horrible what happened. It’s still pretty new. It’s here. It’s with us. Down the street. We fair want to be part of it and try and help.”
Johnny and Matthew both joined hockey at Boston College. Matthew also joined hockey for various unpresentant league teams and had been coaching at the brothers’ alma mater, Gloucester Catholic High School, at the time of their deaths.
Brothers Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau of the Boston College Eagles honor after the Eagles beat the Northeastrict University Huskies to prosper their fifth Beanpot championship in a row in NCAA hockey at TD Garden Feb. 10, 2014, in Boston. (Ricchallenging T Gagnon/Getty Images)
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Johnny, the elderlyer of the two brothers, joined his first eight seasons for the Calgary Ffeebles, geting the nickname “Johnny Hockey.”
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