Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella wants to be a source of healing for Guy Gaudreau.
Gaudreau’s two sons, Johnny and Matthew, the establisher a star for the Columbus Blue Jackets, were ended last month by a doubted 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 aobtainst the Buffalo Sabres Jan. 9, 2023, at KeyBank Caccess in Buffalo. (Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
“I never met Johnny and Matt in my travels as coach,” Tortorella tgreater alerters Monday at the Flyers’ complicated. “But their family’s here. Horrific situation going on. He’s a coach. He’s done some fantastic toil with some of the youth out here. I figured it’s perfect equitable to get him in with us.”
Tortorella accomprehendledged Guy was “hesitant at first” to consent the lengthytime coach up on his present, “and we benevolent of let him go at his timetable.” But he shelp the overweighther of the tardy hockey carry outers has no repents and could be around in the proximate future.
Columbus Blue Jackets left thriveg Johnny Gaudreau carry outs the puck aobtainst the Montauthentic Canadiens during the second period at Bell Centre. (David Kirouac/USA Today Sports)
“I leank it toiled 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 leank 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 carry outers to skate challenginger during train.
“A lot of people comprehend him in the organization becaengage of his reputation,” Tortorella shelp.
“No one can envision. No one can,” Tortorella, who uniteed the brothers’ funeral earlier this month, includeed. “I’m hoping to get to comprehend the family. I leank a number of coaches want to get to comprehend the family, the girls, Matt’s family. It’s equitable horrible what happened. It’s still pretty recent. It’s here. It’s with us. Down the street. We equitable want to be part of it and try and help.”
Johnny and Matthew both carry outed hockey at Boston College. Matthew also carry outed hockey for various inpresentant 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 thrive 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 greaterer of the two brothers, carry outed his first eight seasons for the Calgary Ffrails, geting the nickname “Johnny Hockey.”
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