BY ROSE ADAMS
Ice hockey fans fl ocked to a
Flatlands sports pub on Aug.
30 to meet the famous Rangers
player Stephane Matteau,
whose outstanding performance
in the 1994 playoffs
helped the team clinch a Stanley
Cup championship.
The event, which celebrated
Bulls Eye Sports Pub’s oneyear
anniversary in its Flatbush
Avenue location, drew
more than 100 revelers and
hockey fans, who threw darts
and chatted with the Rangers
alum about the 1994 win.
“He’s one of New York’s heroes,”
said Maurice Kolodin, a
Sheepshead Bay resident who
attended the meet-and-greet
with his wife, Gloria.
Matteau made his mark
on Rangers history during
the 1994 Eastern Conference
fi nals, where he scored two
overtime goals, one of which
ended the series, and inspired
the iconic chant, “Matteau!
Matteau! Matteau!” But despite
the player’s legendary
status, partygoers reported
that he was surprisingly down
to earth.
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“He’s a fantastic person,”
said Kolodin, whose oldest
daughter is a Rangers devotee.
“He’s the type you’d like to
just hang out and have a beer
with.”
One die-hard fan — who
had met Matteau as a starry
eyed 15-year-old after the
team’s 1994 win — relished the
opportunity to get to know his
hockey hero.
“This time was more surreal,”
said Marine Parker
Jay Levin, who came clad in
Rangers gear. Matteau signed
Levin’s jersey, his DVD box set
of the ‘94 championship, and a
photo that the two of them had
taken together 25 years ago.
The bar’s co-owners said
that Matteau had traveled
down from his home in Montreal
plenty of times to visit
the pub’s previous location on
Quentin Road, after one of the
owners befriended him at a
Rangers alumni event at Madison
Square Garden about
eight years ago.
“I wanted him to come and
see the bar, and he came and
loved it,” said Lou Matteo.
“He’s really a great person
and a wonderful guy.”
BULL’S EYE: Stephane Matteau
played one of his favorite games,
darts, at Bull’s Eye Sports Pub’s
anniversary party.
GOAAAAL!: Marine Parkers celebrated Bull’s Eye Sports Pub’s one-year
anniversary with NY Rangers alum, Stephane Matteau, who threw darts
with attendees. Photos by Steve Solomonson
Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!
Flatlands pub hosts meet-and-greet with NY Rangers legend
MATTEAU! MATTEAU! MATTEAU!: Owners at Marine Park’s Bull’s Eye
Sports pub — Freddie Figueroa, Donna Zawacki, Steve Matteo, and Lou
Matteo — brought hockey player, Stephane Matteau (center) to their bar
for their one-year anniversary.
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