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Blue Jackets GM places focus on hockey in wake of Johnny Gaudreau’s tragic death

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Blue Jackets GM places focus on hockey in wake of Johnny Gaudreau’s tragic death

Hearing the familiar sounds of clacking sticks and pucks banging off the boards and glass while watching Columbus Blue Jackets prospects from the stands of a cold rink on a warm late-summer afternoon was not enough to wash away the lingering residuals of grief for Don Waddell on Saturday. That, the Blue Jackets’ general manager … Read more

Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau’s lives remembered at Pennsylvania funeral

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Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau’s lives remembered at Pennsylvania funeral

Eleven days after their sudden and tragic deaths, the funeral for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau is underway at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Media, Pa. Family, friends and other loved ones of Johnny, an NHL star, and Matthew, who also played hockey professionally, started to arrive at the church shortly before the service got … Read more