Troy Mallette

Troy Mallette
Date of birth	February 25, 1970
place of birth	Onaping Falls , Ontario , Canada
size	190 cm
Weight	99 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1988 , 2nd lap, 22nd position New York Rangers
Career stations
1986-1989	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1989-1991	New York Rangers
1991-1992	Edmonton Oilers
1992-1993	New Jersey Devils
1993-1996	Ottawa Senators
1996-1997	Boston Bruins
1997	Tampa Bay Lightning

Troy Matthew Mallette (born February 25, 1970 in Onaping Falls , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 471 games for the New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , New Jersey Devils , Ottawa Senators in the course of his active career between 1986 and 1997 , Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Mallette spent his junior years with Sault Ste. From 1986 to 1989 . Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League , who had selected him in the OHL Priority Selection in first overall position. Over the three-year period, the striker made 201 appearances for Sault Ste. Marie and collected 175 points . He was able to improve in all three years and increased his seasonal point yield from 45 in his rookie season to 78 in his third and final year in the league.

After the power forward was selected in the second round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in 22nd place by the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League , the 19-year-old made it into the Rangers' regular roster in the summer of 1989. Mallette played 79 games in the regular season and collected 29 points, which he also set a career record. In the following season he had 22 points in 71 missions. Nevertheless, the Rangers separated from their young player in September 1991, as they gave him to the Edmonton Oilers as compensation for the commitment of Adam Graves in the free agent period .

This began an unsteady time for Mallette, which was also marked by many injuries. After only 15 games for Edmonton, the attacker switched to the New Jersey Devils in January 1992 in exchange for David Maley . He spent a year and a half there before becoming part of a transfer business again. Together with goalkeeper Craig Billington and a four-round suffrage in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft , he was given to the Ottawa Senators for the player package around Peter Sidorkiewicz and Mike Peluso . There Mallette played all 82 games of the season for the first time and reached 23 points scorer, which he built on the time with the Rangers. This was followed by two more seasons in the Canadian capital until the summer of 1996, but in which he was no more than an enforcer .

The Senators did not extend the winger's expiring contract, whereupon Mallette moved to the Boston Bruins as a free agent for a year . He left this in the summer of 1997 to - again as a free agent - to be hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning . There he suffered a serious back injury after three season assignments in October 1997, which meant that he had to end his active career prematurely at the age of 27.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1986/87	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		60	20th	25th	45	157		4th	0	2	2	12
1987/88	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		62	18th	30th	48	184		6th	1	3	4th	12
1988/89	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		64	39	37	76	172		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	New York Rangers	NHL		79	13	16	29	305		10	2	2	4th	81
1990/91	New York Rangers	NHL		71	12	10	22nd	252		5	0	0	0	18th
1991/92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		15th	1	3	4th	36		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	New Jersey Devils	NHL		17th	3	4th	7th	43		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Utica Devils	AHL		5	3	3	6th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	New Jersey Devils	NHL		34	4th	3	7th	56		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		82	7th	16	23	166		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL		5	1	5	6th	9		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Ottawa Senators	NHL		23	3	5	8th	35		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Ottawa Senators	NHL		64	2	3	5	171		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Boston Bruins	NHL		68	6th	8th	14th	155		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		3	0	0	0	7th		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				191	77	92	169	515		10	1	5	6th	24
AHL total				10	4th	8th	12	26th		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				456	51	68	119	1226		15th	2	2	4th	99

( 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 )

Web links

• Troy Mallette at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Troy Mallette at eliteprospects.com (English)