Joe Malone

This article is about the Canadian ice hockey player Joe Malone; for the Irish archer of the same name, see Joe Malone (archer) .

Joe Malone
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1950
Date of birth	February 28, 1890
place of birth	Sillery , Quebec , Canada
date of death	May 15, 1969
Place of death	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	68 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1907-1908	Quebec Crescents
1908-1917	Quebec Bulldogs
1917-1919	Montréal Canadiens
1919-1920	Quebec Bulldogs
1920-1922	Hamilton Tigers
1922-1924	Montréal Canadiens

Maurice Joseph Malone (* 28. February 1890 in Sillery , Quebec ; † 15. May 1969 in Montreal , Quebec) was a Canadian ice hockey player , who from 1917 to 1924 for the Montreal Canadiens , Quebec Bulldogs and Hamilton Tigers in the National Hockey League played .

Career

When the NHL started its first season, “Phantom Joe” was already 27 years old and had won the Stanley Cup twice in 1912 and 1913 as captain of the Quebec Bulldogs . In the first NHL season he was the top scorer with 44 goals in just 20 games. When asked why he had not played in all 22 scheduled games, he said: "One game was canceled because of the stadium fire in Montreal, and I can no longer remember whether I was injured or drunk in the other game". During his time in the NHA and NHL, he was four top scorer. His records with seven goals in one game and an average of 2.2 goals per game are no longer achievable in today's ice hockey. As a star player in his time you were on the ice for 60 minutes and the goalkeeper was not allowed to fall on his knees in defense. No great endurance, excellent ice skating, or a hard shot were his secret weapon; the callous striker was instinctively where the puck went. In the NHL, Malone won his third Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1924, but teammates like Howie Morenz were a new generation, and when he passed Malone in training he thought, “I felt like I was standing and I realized it was time to retire ”.

In 1950 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	7th	125	146	21st	167	35
Playoffs	3	9	5	0	5	0

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1912, 1913 and 1924

Personal awards

• NHL top scorer: 1918 and 1920 (the Art Ross Trophy was later awarded for this )
• Top scorer: 1918 and 1920 (later the Maurice Richard Trophy was awarded for this)

Records

• 7 goals in one game ( January 31, 1920 ; Quebec Bulldogs 10-6 Toronto St. Pats).
• 2.2 goals per game in one season ( 1917/18 )

Web links

• Joe Malone in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Joe Malone at hockeydb.com (English)