Mother of late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, brother Matthew says sons are ‘happy fans in heaven’ after Eagles win

The Philadelphia Eagles heading to Super Bowl LIX had Jane Gaudreau, the parent of precocious NHL prima Johnny Gaudreau, and his member Matthew, reasoning astir her 2 sons connected Sunday night. 

Hockey whitethorn beryllium the Gaudreau family’s apical sport, but being from South New Jersey, the Eagles are conscionable arsenic prominent. 

Jane shared a representation connected her societal media accounts of her 2 sons wearing customized Gaudreau Eagles jerseys aft the 55-23 triumph implicit the Washington Commanders sent Philadelphia backmost to the "Big Game."

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"I cognize 2 incredibly blessed fans successful heaven," Jane wrote connected Instagram. "GO BIRDS!!!!!! Going to the Super Bowl for the boys!!! One much win."

Jane besides shared the representation connected X, adding "Miss and emotion you boys!" with 2 greenish hearts for the Eagles’ main jersey color.

Before the Eagles’ 2024 regular play began, calamity struck the Gaudreau household and the full hockey satellite arsenic Johnny and Matthew were killed by a drunk driver successful Oldmans Township, New Jersey — the time earlier their sister’s wedding. The Gaudreau brothers were riding bikes erstwhile Sean M. Higgins fatally struck them with his vehicle. 

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Earlier this month, Higgins turned down the prosecution’s connection of 35 years successful prison, pleading not blameworthy to his charges stemming from the incident.

Higgins, 44, was arrested and charged with 2 counts of aggravated manslaughter, 2 counts of vehicular homicide, grounds tampering and leaving the country of an accident. 

Police noted that Higgins had a humor intoxicant level of .087, supra New Jersey's ineligible bounds to drive, and helium failed a tract sobriety test. Police besides said Higgins was driving aggressively, which included speeding up to thrust astir aggregate vehicles, erstwhile helium deed the Gaudreaus.

The Gaudreau household was successful the courtroom to witnesser Higgins’ hearing, and 2 days after, Jane posted quotes connected her Instagram seemingly astir what her and her household are going through. 

"Sometimes beingness is hard," the archetypal punctuation read. "Some days are precise rough, and sometimes you conscionable person to outcry earlier you tin determination forward…And that’s okay."

"When you person a atrocious time – a truly atrocious time – effort and dainty the satellite amended than it treated you," the 2nd quote, which is from Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, read. 

It's not yet been determined erstwhile Higgins is owed adjacent successful court, though a proceedings is upcoming.

Although it whitethorn not beryllium hockey, emotion for the Eagles has the Gaudreau household celebrating, and they cognize Johnny and Matthew volition beryllium looking down connected New Orleans connected Feb. 9 hoping their Eagles tin assistance the Lombardi Trophy erstwhile again. 

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