Boston College mourns deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau

TASER TO GET THAT PERSON UNDER CONTROL. THAT PERSON WILL FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. >>> NHL STAR JOHNNY GUDROW AND HIS BROTHER MATTHEW WERE KILLED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER. THEY WERE RIDING BICYCLES ON THE EVE OF THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING IN NEW JERSEY WHEN THEY WERE HIT. >> THE NEWS OF THEIR DEATHS DEVASTATING FOR THE HOCKEY WORLD. WE ARE COVERING ALL ANGLES OF THE STORY TONIGHT BEGINNING WITH WBZ'S PAUL BURTON WHO JOINS US LIVE AT BOSTON COLLEGE. AND PAUL, WHAT A BIG LOSS. >> Reporter: THE LOSS HERE IS UNIMAGINABLE AND REALLY UNTHINKABLE. MEMORIAL CONTINUES TO GROW ON THE STEPS OF THE COUNTY FORUM AS THE ENTIRE BC COMMUNITY MOURNS THEIR LOSS. >> IT IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE. >> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY IS DEVASTATED OVER THE LOSS OF JOHNNY AND MATTHEW GAUDREAU. THEY WERE BIKING WHEN STATE POLICE SAID THEY WERE HIT BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER THURSDAY NIGHT. >> HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. THE GAUDREAU FAMILY IS SO CLOSE. THEY ARE SO TIGHT. SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. >> Reporter: AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, BOSTON COLLEGE HOCKEY HEAD COACH GREG BROWN AND FORMER LEGENDARY COACH JERRY YORK HEARTBROKEN OVER THE NEWS. THEY SAID THE TWO WERE SO DYNAMIC TO WATCH ON THE ICE. >> JOHNNY WAS MAGICAL, BUT MATTY, HIS COMPETE LEVEL. HE PUSHED HIS BROTHER SO MUCH. THEY HAD A GREAT BOND BETWEEN THEM. >> Reporter: BOTH PLAYED HOCKEY FOR BC THREE YEARS. JOHNNY GAUDREAU WAS A STAR AT BC WHERE HE EARNED THE NICKNAME JOHNNY HOCKEY. HE HELPED BOSTON COLLEGE WIN A NATIONAL TITLE IN 2012 AND WON TWO STRAIGHT HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. HE WON THE HOBIE BAKER AWARD AS WELL. >> TO BE JOHNNY HOCKEY. BUT NOT WEAR THAT LABEL. >> Reporter: THE TWO WERE TOGETHER IN NEW JERSEY. THEY WERE SET TO BE THE GROOMSMEN IN THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING. >> THEY WERE TWO OF THE NICEST KIDS WHO EVER PLAYED SPORTS AT BC. TO LOSE THEM UNDER THOSE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES IS JUST AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS. >> Reporter: JOHNNY WAS DRAFTED BY THE CALGARY FLAMES IN THE 2011 NHL DRAFT. HE SIGNED WITH THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS AS A FREE AGENT. THE TEAM ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE BLUEJACKETS ARE SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED BY THIS UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. JOHNNY WAS NOT ONLY A GREAT HOCKEY PLAYER BUT A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER, AND FRIEND. >> WE ARE IN SHOCK. WE ARE IN MOURNING OVER THIS TRAGIC LOSS. >> Reporter: THE DRIVER OF THE CRASH WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF DEATH BY AUTO. MEANWHILE, FLOWERS, MESSAGES OF LOVE POURING IN. BECAUSE THE LOSS HERE IS VERY DEEP. REPORTING LIVE ON BOSTON COLLEGE CAMPUS, I'M PAUL BURTON, WBZ NEWS. >> CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN OF THAT FAMILY. WANT TO BRING IN DAN ROCHE NOW. AND ROCHEY, I KNOW YOU COVERED THE TEAM WHEN JOHNNY GAUDREAU IS ON THE TEAM. HIS BROTHER AS WELL. YOU WERE ON THE TROLLEY WHEN THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. TALK ABOUT IF YOU CAN THE RELATIONSHIP, THE BOND BETWEEN THESE TWO BROTHERS. >> Reporter: YOU LOOK AT THEIR BROTHERS AND EVERYTHING THEY DID. JOHNNY GAUDREAU HAD A GREAT CAREER IN BOSTON COLLEGE, NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2012. DAVID GAUDREAU WAS TREMENDOUS AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER CAME TO BOSTON COLLEGE. NOT AS BIG A CAREER, BUT AS BIG A HEART. THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SAID. THE COMMON WORD I HEARD TODAY IN TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE HOCKEY WORLD, AND THIS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING TO THE HOCKEY WORLD. IS JOY. BOTH BROTHERS BROUGHT A LOT OF JOY. BOTH BROTHERS STAYED TOGETHER. BOTH WERE GOING TO NORTHEASTERN. AND GREG KRONEN RESIGNED TO BECOME THE HEAD COACH OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. WITH THAT, JOHNNY SAID TO HIS BROTHER, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO? THEY WENT TO BOSTON COLLEGE AND THE REST IS HISTORY. EVERYONE SAID THEY WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO PLAY THE GAME OF HOCKEY AND DO WHAT THEY DID TOGETHER. >> TALK TO US ABOUT HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT JOHNNY HAD ON THE COLLEGE GAME AND BC. I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THAT TODAY. >> WE REMEMBER JOHNNY MANZIEL AND WHAT HE CREATED WITH TEXAS COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THEY STARTED TO CALL JOHNNY GAUDREAU JOHNNY HOCKEY. THEY HAD GOOD PLAYERS ON THE TEAM. THEY HAD GOOD TOGETHERNESS. THEY WERE LIKE WOW. HE COULD FLY. HE COULD CREATE. HE HAD SOME HUGE GOALS FOR BC. THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THAT'S THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HE WON IN 2012. 80 POINTS IN 40 GAMES IN HIS FINAL YEAR AT BC, SO HE CHANGED THE GAME OF HOCKEY. AND EVERY SMALL SIZED GUY IN THE NHL PLAYING COLLEGE HOCKEY, HE WAS A ROLE MODEL TO THEM. >> AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES. SAYING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THEIR SISTER'S WEDDING TODAY. AND WHAT THIS FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH NOW. >> Reporter: I SAW A PRIEST OVER AT BOSTON COLLEGE. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. FATHER TONY WHO WAS WITH THE TEAM. HE WAS SAYING YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THIS. THIS IS ONE YOU JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN. YOU LOOK AT THAT WONDERFUL FAMILY. THEIR SISTER, KATIE. EXCUSE ME. WAS GETTING MARRIED TODAY AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WAKE UP TO AS A PARENT. SORRY, THAT IS EVERY PARENT SAYING WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. AND THEY DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. THE FAMILY DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. BC DOESN'T DESERVE THIS. AND MAN, JUST DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. IT'S JUST SAD. TOUGH DAY FOR BC. >> TOUGH DAY FOR PEOPLE WHO GOT TO KNOW HIM AND I KNOW THAT YOU ONLY GOT TO KNOW HIM A LITTLE BIT THROUGH HOCKEY. >> HE WAS A GREAT KID. A GREAT FAMILY. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> AND OU