USHL presents inaugural Gaudreau Award to Ethan Wyttenbach of the Sioux Falls Stampede
The league established the award to pay tribute to the brothers who died last summer when they were struck by a car while riding their bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. Parents Guy and Jane Gaudreau surprised Wyttenbach in the locker room to deliver the news.
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