Ex-NHL star Matthew Barnaby is off the hook in his bar fight case ... TMZ Sports has learned the former Dallas Star had his charges officially dropped Monday.
Barnaby was accused of choking a bouncer in a skirmish at a downtown Nashville, Tenn. bar in March ... and the scene, according to cops, was pretty wild.
In police docs, cops say witnesses told them 46-year-old Barnaby, his girlfriend and other bar-goers had gotten into a scrap ... when Matthew allegedly began choking a bouncer.
Cops added when they questioned the former hockey player about the incident .