The feeling before practice was different once Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau were at the rink. It changed as the two brothers tied their skates.
For the three years Jerry York coached Johnny at Boston College and the four he had Matthew, he’d wish his players well with, “Hey, let’s have a good practice today.”
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The Gaudreau boys never needed the encouragement.
“Johnny and Matt both brought so much excitement to practice,” York said on a Friday morning phone call shortly after hearing the news that a car struck and killed the brothers in Oldmans Township, N.J., on Thursday night. “The minute those two guys stepped on the ice it just elevated everything.”
That was
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