Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, is getting candid about how 'hard' things have been with their daughter Noa's second birthday approaching following the death of her husband.

Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of the late Johnny Gaudreau, is reflecting on the death of her husband ahead of their daughter's birthday. She opened up about how she has been coping in the weeks a fter her husband's death in an Instagram post on Sept. 20, sharing a clip from an old interview of the NHL star talking about becoming a father.

Hockey season isn’t the same for Meredith Gaudreau after the tragic death of late husband Johnny Gaudreau. “It’s been really hard watching hockey start up and seeing how different my life is now,” Meredith wrote via Instagram on Friday,

Johnny Gaudreau, an 11-year NHL veteran, was killed in a bicycle crash alongside his brother Matthew Gaudreau last month