Greg Malone (ice hockey player)

Greg Malone
Date of birth	March 8, 1956
place of birth	Chatham , New Brunswick , Canada
size	184 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1976 , 2nd lap, 19th position Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA Amateur Draft	1976 , 7th lap, 76th position Indianapolis Racers
Career stations
1973-1976	Oshawa Generals
1976-1983	Pittsburgh Penguins
1983-1986	Hartford Whalers
1986	Nordiques de Québec
1986-1987	Fredericton Express

William Gregory "Greg" Malone (born March 8, 1956 in Chatham , New Brunswick ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and scout , who played 724 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Hartford Whalers and Nordiques in the course of his active career between 1973 and 1987 de Québec has played in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . He then worked for 25 years as a scout for his former club in Pittsburgh and the Phoenix Coyotes and Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL.

Career

Malone spent his junior years after graduating from high school in Fredericton from the 1973/74 season with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey Association or Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . There the attacker played for the team for three years before he was 19th in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft in the second round of the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League and in the seventh round of the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft Selected at 76th position by the Indianapolis Racers from the World Hockey Association competing with the NHL .

The talented offensive player then immediately moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, where he was an integral part of the squad for the following seven seasons. With the exception of two seasons - including his rookie year  - he always reached the 50 scorer point mark . Nevertheless, the Penguins parted ways in September 1983 shortly before the start of the season from their playmaker, who had been noticed in the previous two game years due to deficits on the defensive, and transferred him to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for a five-round vote in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft . There the Canadian's game became more balanced again, but with two seasons over 50 points he remained productive on the offensive. During his third year with the Whalers, another transfer took place in January 1986. He moved to the Nordiques de Québec , who received Wayne Babych in return . Malone finished the season with the Canadians before he was deported to the farm team Fredericton Express in the American Hockey League after the beginning of the 1986/87 season . After the season, he ended his active career at the age of 31.

As a result, Malone began working as a scout . From the season 1988/89 he worked for his ex-team in Pittsburgh as an amateur scout. At the beginning of the following year he was promoted to director of the scouting department and won the Stanley Cup with the pens in 1991 and 1992 . The post of scouting director occupied Malone in this form until the 2006/07 season , when he joined the scouting of league rivals Phoenix Coyotes . There he brought his experience to professional scouting until summer 2009. He then worked as a scout for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2009 to 2013 , where he was head of professional scouting .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1973/74	Oshawa Generals	OHA		62	11	45	56	63		-	-	-	-	-
1974/75	Oshawa Generals	OMJHL		68	37	41	78	86		5	1	3	4th	9
1975/76	Oshawa Generals	OMJHL		61	36	36	72	75		5	3	2	5	2
1976/77	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		66	18th	19th	37	43		3	1	1	2	2
1977/78	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		78	18th	43	61	80		-	-	-	-	-
1978/79	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		80	35	30th	65	52		7th	0	1	1	10
1979/80	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		51	19th	32	51	46		-	-	-	-	-
1980/81	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		62	21st	29	50	68		5	2	3	5	16
1981/82	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		78	15th	24	39	125		3	0	0	0	4th
1982/83	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		80	17th	44	61	82		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	Hartford Whalers	NHL		78	17th	37	54	56		-	-	-	-	-
1984/85	Hartford Whalers	NHL		76	22nd	39	61	67		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Hartford Whalers	NHL		22nd	6th	7th	13	24		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Nordiques de Québec	NHL		27	3	5	8th	18th		1	0	0	0	0
1986/87	Nordiques de Québec	NHL		6th	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
1986/87	Fredericton Express	AHL		49	13	22nd	35	50		-	-	-	-	-
OHA / OMJHL total				191	84	122	206	224		10	4th	5	9	11
NHL overall				704	191	310	501	661		20th	3	5	8th	32

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

family

Malone comes from a large ice hockey family. His six-year-old brother Jim Malone was also a professional ice hockey player, but did not make it into the National Hockey League , although he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in 14th overall position by the New York Rangers . But he ended his professional career prematurely at the age of 23.

Greg Malone's sons Mark and Ryan also pursued professional careers. While Mark only played briefly in the ECHL , Ryan played nearly 700 NHL games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers. His two nephews, his brother Jim's sons, were also involved in ice hockey. Brad Malone also made it into the NHL as a player, but mainly played in the American Hockey League . Brett Malone ended his career after the juniors, where he played for the Moncton Wildcats , Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Saint John Sea Dogs in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec .

Web links

• Greg Malone at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Greg Malone at eliteprospects.com (English)