His brother was Johnny Hockey. He had the Matty Dance.
Ask any of Matthew Gaudreau’s childhood buddies about his moves, and they’ll chuckle knowingly.
Gaudreau and his group of friends, which included his older brother, John, loved country music, especially Kenny Chesney. They regularly tailgated before concerts in college and in the years that followed. The group gathered early those summer days. They ate Wawa breakfast sandwiches on the way in. They sipped beer in stadium parking lots, leaving red plastic cups scattered near the cooler, and grilled for dinner. These were all-day affairs.
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And at some point, without a doubt, Matty Gaudreau would find his way onto the back of someone’s
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