The wife of the NHL star Johnny Gaudreau welcomes the little boy 7 months after being killed in a bicycle accident

The wife of the NHL star Johnny Gaudreau welcomed a little boy on April 1, more than 7 months after the hockey player was killed in a bicycle accident.

“I had our third baby! … Another little boy,” wrote Meredith Gaudreau in an Instagram post on Monday. She announced that she was pregnant during her husband’s funeral in September.

The baby is called Carter Michael Gaudreau and shares the same second name as his father.

“He looks exactly like his dad,” she wrote. “I love you so much my baby! We’re going to have fun. I can’t wait to give you the best life, my special boy forever.”

Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, were fatally struck while bicycle around 8:17 p.m. on August 29, 2024, in the canton of Oldmans, New Jersey, about 30 miles outside Philadelphia. Johnny Gaudreau played for the Blue Jackets Columbus and the Flames de Calgary.

The brothers were in town to be boys of honor in the marriage of their sister, who was then postponed on July 11 in Philadelphia.

Sean Higgins was arrested as part of the accident. He was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and was accused of two auto death leaders.

In a legal file in February, Higgins lawyers argued that he was unjustly prosecuted and alleged that Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau were more altered than at the time of the accident.