This image released by the Salem County, N.J., Correctional Facility shows Sean M. Higgins, charged with two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle, in the killings of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road in New Jersey on Aug. 29, 2024. (Salem County Correctional Facility via AP)

Sean M. Higgins, top, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears before Judge Michael Silvanio, bottom, for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Sean M. Higgins, top, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears before Judge Michael Silvanio, bottom, for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Sean M. Higgins, top, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears before Judge Michael Silvanio, for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Sean M. Higgins, top, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears before Judge Michael Silvanio, bottom, for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Judge Michael Silvanio listens as Sean M. Higgins, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Sean M. Higgins, right, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appears before Judge Michael Silvanio, left, for his hearing via video from jail, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.J. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

(FILES) US Johnny Gaudreau plays during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships first round match between Slovakia and USA in Cologne, western Germany on May 14, 2017. Gaudreau and his brother were killed the night of August 29, 2024, while bicycling in the US state of New Jersey, police said August 30. Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29, died after being struck by a vehicle in Oldmans Township, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Trenton. The 43-year-old driver of the car that hit the brothers was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ / AFP) (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP via Getty Images)