Teams hold candlelight vigils in Columbus, and Calgary on Wednesday night
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Fans and current and former players paid tribute to John and Matthew in candlelight vigils in Columbus, Ohio, and Calgary on Wednesday night.
There was a 13-minute, 21-second silent remembrance outside the Blue Jackets' downtown arena while a slideshow played of photos showing the siblings from childhood, through their teenage years and into college hockey, the pros, marriages, baptisms and lives filled with joy and love.
The crowd outside the Flames' arena in Calgary grew to thousands, with fans breaking out into chants of,
"Johnny! Johnny!"
Lewis Gross, the brothers' longtime agent, said Thursday it had taken him some time to write about what the 15 years representing them meant to him, including becoming part of the extended Gaudreau family.
"I never thought the bad would come as it has," Gross wrote on social media. "The hockey might be over, but my commitment to John and Matt will last throughout my life. These boys taught me so much. They taught me what family really means."
"Their memory will stay with us forever," Jenner on Gaudreau brothers.
Columbus Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner shares stories about brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, explains what they meant to the hockey world both on and off the ice, and why their memory will last forever.
USA Hockey executive director Pat Kelleher opened remarks about the 2024 class of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame with continued thoughts and prayers for the Gaudreau family. Kevin Stevens, one of the inductees, played at BC three decades before John and Matthew.
"The last week has been awful," Stevens said. "It's just gut-wrenching. It's unimaginable - something that you never want to have to try to deal with. We all come together and try to do the best we can to make this go by somehow."
This Tragedy has devastated the hockey world.
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