Johnny Gaudreau's wife celebrates baby shower with fellow WAGs four months on from late NHL star's tragic death

Meredith Gaudreau, the woman of the precocious NHL prima Johnny Gaudreau, celebrated the impending accomplishment of her 3rd kid with the erstwhile Columbus Blue Jackets player.

Meredith celebrated with a fig of her chap Blue Jackets wives and girlfriends astatine the Cambridge Tea House successful Columbus connected Sunday.

In summation to Meredith, the 'Lady Jackets Baby Shower' besides honored Kelly Labanc, the woman of guardant Kevin Labanc, and Aleksandra Merzlikins, the woman of goalie Elvis Merzlikins.

Kelly precocious gave commencement backmost successful January to their 2nd child, a girl named Lara. Aleksandra is presently expected a 2nd babe arsenic well.

A fig of different Blue Jackets WAGs were successful attendance arsenic good - including Odette Peters, the fiancee of defenseman Zach Werenski, Lauren Tjernlund van Riemsdyk, woman of guardant James van Riemsdyk, and Maggie Jenner, woman of skipper Boone Jenner, among others.

Attendees recovered a good feast awaiting them - including a enactment of good teas, a location crockery with goat cheese, toasted almond scones, digit sandwiches, mini quiches, cocoa covered strawberries and reddish velvet cupcakes.

Back successful August of 2024, Johnny and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, were struck and killed by a drunk operator portion riding bicycles astatine nighttime successful their autochthonal New Jersey. They were acceptable to be a wedding for their sister, Katie.

Meredith and Johnny shared 2 children - a daughter, Noa, 2, and a son, Johnny, 11 months.

But astatine a memorial work held for the brothers successful September, Meredith revealed that she and Johnny were really expecting a 3rd child.

'We're really a household of five,' Meredith said during her eulogy. 'I'm successful my ninth week of gestation with our 3rd baby. A full surprise, but again, John was beaming and truthful excited.'

Meredith added, 'I was truthful tense due to the fact that this was, again, a full surprise. But his absorption was conscionable instantly kissing maine and hugging maine adjacent though I was driving the car. After the archetypal excitement sank in, each clip helium looked astatine me, helium would say, 'You're nuts, you cognize that? Three kids?'

Johnny had been successful the NHL since 2011, erstwhile helium was drafted 104th wide by the Calgary Flames.

He played determination done 2022 - erstwhile helium signed with Columbus successful escaped agency.