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Johnny Gaudreau’s widow announced the birth of the couple’s third child on Monday, seven months after the tragic death of the Blue Jackets forward in New Jersey last August.
Meredith Gaudreau revealed in an Instagram post she gave birth on April 1 to “another baby boy,” Carter Michael Gaudreau, who “looks exactly like his daddy.”
“I had our third baby! 4/1/25,” Meredith wrote. “Another baby boy 🥹💙 Carter Michael Gaudreau – same middle name as his daddy. 8lb 3 ounces, 20.5 inches – exact same as his daddy. He looks exactly like his daddy too 🥰,” Meredith wrote alongside the carousel of photos.
“I love you so much my baby! We are going to have so much fun. I can’t wait to give you the best life, my special boy forever.”
Meredith is also mom to daughter Noa, 2, and 1-year-old son Johnny.
Gaudreau, along with younger brother Matthew Gaudreau, were killed when they were struck by a suspected drunk driver while cycling on a rural road in Salem County, N.J., on the eve of their sister Katie’s wedding.
He was 31 and Matthew was 28.
The driver, Sean Higgins, has been charged with two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Matthew’s wife, Madeline Gaudreau, reposted Meredith’s birth announcement.
“My second nephew,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “Tripp’s best friend.”
Last December, Madeline welcomed her first child with Matthew, a son named Tripp Matthew.
Meredith announced in September she was expecting her third child during a eulogy at Gaudreau and Matthew’s joint funeral.
“We’re actually a family of five,” Meredith said at the time. “I’m in my ninth week of pregnancy with our third baby. A total surprise, but again, John was beaming and so excited.”
“I was so nervous because this was, again, a total surprise. But his reaction was just immediately kissing me and hugging me even though I was driving the car. After the initial excitement sank in, every time he looked at me, he would say, ‘You’re nuts, you know that? Three kids?’”
Johnny played his first nine seasons in Calgary, where he earned the nickname “Johnny Hockey,” and spent his final two seasons in Columbus.
