Stephane Matteau
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Stéphane Matteau is a former National Hockey League
player.
As a member of the New York Rangers
1994 Stanley Cup Championship
team, Matteau is most remembered for scoring two overtime goals in the Eastern Conference
Finals against the New Jersey Devils
. His first overtime goal ended Game 3 at 6:13 of the second overtime in New Jersey giving the Rangers a 3–2 victory and a 2–1 series lead. The second goal came at 4:24 of the second overtime of Game 7 at Madison Square Garden
. Matteau scored off a wraparound that bounced off a stick on the left side of New Jersey's rookie goaltender Martin Brodeur
, a play which has been immortalized by the dramatic play-by-play call of Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose
:
Matteau admitted to tapping the Prince of Wales Trophy
with his stick's blade before the start of the overtime period, violating a superstition of modern-day NHL players not to touch the Conference trophies before the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup
, has been won. The goal gave the New York Rangers a 2–1 victory and the Wales Trophy as the Eastern Conference champions and they then defeated the Vancouver Canucks
in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
Matteau finished his career in 2002–03 with the Florida Panthers
and their minor league affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage
, and had a career total 742 penalty minutes, 144 goals and 172 assists for 316 total points in 848 games.
Matteau also was a member of the Rouyn Quebec team that played in the Little League World Series in 1982 along with fellow NHL-er Pierre Turgeon
.
Matteau played for head coach Mike Keenan
on four separate occasions; with the Blackhawks, Rangers, Blues, and Panthers.
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
player.
As a member of the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
1994 Stanley Cup Championship
1994 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1994 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven playoff series contested between the Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers and Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League...
team, Matteau is most remembered for scoring two overtime goals in the Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NHL)
The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference....
Finals against the New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. His first overtime goal ended Game 3 at 6:13 of the second overtime in New Jersey giving the Rangers a 3–2 victory and a 2–1 series lead. The second goal came at 4:24 of the second overtime of Game 7 at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
. Matteau scored off a wraparound that bounced off a stick on the left side of New Jersey's rookie goaltender Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur
Martin Pierre Brodeur is a French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 19-year tenure with the Devils, he has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two...
, a play which has been immortalized by the dramatic play-by-play call of Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose
Howie Rose
Howie Rose is an American sportscaster. He is currently the radio voice of the New York Mets on WFAN, and the television announcer for the New York Islanders on MSG Plus.-Early life and career:...
:
Matteau admitted to tapping the Prince of Wales Trophy
Prince of Wales Trophy
The Prince of Wales Trophy, also known as the Wales Trophy, is an award presented by the National Hockey League to the Eastern Conference playoff champions, prior to the final series of games for the Stanley Cup...
with his stick's blade before the start of the overtime period, violating a superstition of modern-day NHL players not to touch the Conference trophies before the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
, has been won. The goal gave the New York Rangers a 2–1 victory and the Wales Trophy as the Eastern Conference champions and they then defeated the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
Matteau finished his career in 2002–03 with the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...
and their minor league affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage
San Antonio Rampage
The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are the top affiliate of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Their home arena is the AT&T Center.-History:...
, and had a career total 742 penalty minutes, 144 goals and 172 assists for 316 total points in 848 games.
Matteau also was a member of the Rouyn Quebec team that played in the Little League World Series in 1982 along with fellow NHL-er Pierre Turgeon
Pierre Turgeon
Pierre Turgeon is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche...
.
Matteau played for head coach Mike Keenan
Mike Keenan
Michael Edward Keenan is a former head coach in the National Hockey League , most recently with the Calgary Flames, and former General Manager of the Florida Panthers. He is currently working as an analyst for the New York Rangers on MSG Network.Keenan was a player for the St...
on four separate occasions; with the Blackhawks, Rangers, Blues, and Panthers.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 1985–86 QMJHL season The 1985–86 QMJHL season was the 17th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league loses one of its charter members in the offseason, when the Quebec Remparts suspend operations... |
Hull Olympiques | QMJHL Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League... |
60 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 1986–87 QMJHL season The 1986–87 QMJHL season was the 18th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ten teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The two last place teams from previous season both won their divisions. The Granby Bisons finished first overall in the regular season, winning their... |
Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 69 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 113 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1987–88 1987–88 QMJHL season The 1987–88 QMJHL season was the 19th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ten teams played 70 games each in the schedule. Patrice Lefebvre of the Shawinigan Cataractes becomes the last player in Canadian Hockey League history to record a 200-point season... |
Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 57 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 179 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 94 | ||
| 1988–89 1988–89 QMJHL season The 1988–89 QMJHL season was the 20th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The QMJHL first awards the end-of-season honours of the "Rookie All-star team" to first year players.... |
Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 59 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 202 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 | ||
| 1988–89 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles Salt Lake Golden Eagles The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were a minor professional hockey team based in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1969 to 1994.They played in the Western Hockey League from 1969 to 1974, the Central Hockey League from 1974 to 1984 and the International Hockey League from 1984 to 1994... |
IHL | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 1989–90 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | IHL | 81 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 130 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 38 | ||
| 1990–91 | Calgary Flames Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the... |
NHL | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10... |
NHL | 20 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | ||
| 1992–93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 79 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 65 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the... |
NHL | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 1994–95 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1995–96 | New York Rangers | NHL | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade... |
NHL | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 74 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 73 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 68 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 69 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2000–01 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 80 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 2002–03 AHL season The 2002–03 AHL season was the 67th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs finished first overall in the regular season... |
San Antonio Rampage San Antonio Rampage The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League based in San Antonio, Texas. They are the top affiliate of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. Their home arena is the AT&T Center.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Florida Panthers Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the... |
NHL | 52 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 848 | 144 | 172 | 316 | 742 | 109 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 80 | ||||