Mourners begin to arrive for the funeral of brothers John and Matthew Gaudreau

Mourners have begun to arrive for the funeral for John and Matthew Gaudreau at a church in suburban Philadelphia on Monday.

A bus brought family members and players to St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Media, Pennsylvania, and dozens of others walked in for the service more than two hours before its scheduled start at 10 a.m. MT.

The Calgary Flames website will livestream the event.

The Gaudreau brothers died when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. John, an All-Star for the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets known as "Johnny Hockey," and Matthew, who played collegiate hockey alongside his brother at Boston College, died Aug. 29 on the eve of their sister's wedding.

Countless members of the hockey community from Columbus to South Jersey to Boston College are expected to join family and friends for the funeral, including the entire Blue Jackets team, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and former BC coach Jerry York.

The brothers have been mourned across the sports world, including Columbus, Ohio, where Gaudreau signed a free-agent deal in 2022 with the small-market Blue Jackets over more lucrative free-agent offers from other teams, including the New Jersey Devils.

Fans and Blue Jackets players gathered last week for an emotional candlelight vigil, and a similar gathering was held in Calgary.

"The way they carried themselves around campus and the enjoyment that they had each and every day around the guys, they were really fun to be around," Boston College associate coach Mike Ayers said.

"They were both very, very talented hockey players but they were great people to be around and made everything around them fun."

A GoFundMe for Matthew's widow,