John and Matthew Gaudreau were remembered as loving brothers and husbands who put family above hockey and everything else at a tearful funeral held Monday, a week and a half after they died when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey.Widows Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau described their husbands as attached at the hip throughout their lives. John was 31 and Matthew 29.“Everything was always John and Matty,” said Meredith Gaudreau, John’s wife, who revealed she was pregnant with the couple’s third child. “I know John would not be able to live a day without his brother. He loved him so much.”Buses brought players and others to St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church and a crowd of hundreds walked in for the service, including several children wearing Gaudreau No. 13 jerseys worn by the NHL player known to fans as “Johnny …
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