Dan Maloney

Dan Maloney
Born	(1950-09-24)September 24, 1950 Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 19, 2018(2018-11-19) (aged 68) Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Chicago Black Hawks Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL draft	14th overall, 1970 Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1970–1982

Daniel Charles "Snowshoes" Maloney (September 24, 1950 – November 19, 2018) was a professional ice hockey left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL coach. He featured in the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Playing career

Drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft, Maloney played two seasons for the Black Hawks and later played for the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs tallying 192 goals, 259 assists and 451 points in 737 games over the course of his playing career. Upon retiring as a player he was offered an assistant coach position with the Maple Leafs in 1982, and promoted to head coach in 1984. He coached two seasons with the Leafs, then coached three more years as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

Maloney is known as having had one of the hardest right-hand punches in his day, and is considered by many hockey fans to have been the greatest fighter (along with the Flyers' Dave Schultz) in NHL history. The two finally squared off in a fight in a game in Los Angeles on January 4, 1975, with Maloney considered the winner. But Maloney was more than a fighter, as he tallied 27 goals in back to back seasons (1974–75 and 1975–76). Maloney was part of the trade that sent Marcel Dionne from Detroit to the Los Angeles Kings. Schultz was traded to the Kings a year later to replace Maloney as their enforcer.

As a member of the Red Wings, he was the third NHL player to be charged by local authorities with a crime resulting from action on the ice. In the second period of a 7–3 loss to Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 5, 1975, Maloney came to the defense of teammate Bryan Hextall by attacking the Maple Leafs' Brian Glennie from behind, flattening him with a right‐hand punch, hitting him several more times and repeatedly lifting and dropping him, face first, to the ice. Glennie sustained a mild concussion. Despite Glennie's hit on Hextall being described by The Associated Press as "a clean check," Maloney claimed the force of the contact was excessive and that he had no intention of injuring him. He was charged with assault by Attorney General of Ontario Roy McMurtry the following day on November 6, but was acquitted just under eight months later on June 30, 1976.

Personal life

During his time with the Red Wings, Maloney lived year-round in Detroit area (Southfield, Michigan). Maloney's nephew, Trenton Bourque, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 2017.

In his later years Maloney lived in the Barrie or Orillia, Ontario, area. Maloney died on November 19, 2018, after a period of declining health; he was 68. He would posthumously be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1967–68	Markham Seal-a-Wax	MetJHL		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	London Knights	OHA-Jr.		53	12	28	40	62		6	2	1	3	16
1969–70	London Knights	OHA-Jr.		54	31	35	66	232		11	1	3	4	66
1970–71	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		74	12	14	26	174		10	0	1	1	8
1971–72	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL		72	25	45	70	161		12	4	5	9	44
1972–73	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		57	13	17	30	63		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		14	4	7	11	18		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		65	15	17	32	113		5	0	0	0	2
1974–75	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		80	27	39	66	165		3	0	0	0	2
1975–76	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		77	27	39	66	203		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		34	13	13	26	64		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		68	16	29	45	151		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		13	3	4	7	25		13	1	3	4	17
1978–79	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		77	17	36	53	157		6	3	3	6	2
1979–80	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		71	17	16	33	102		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		65	20	21	41	183		3	0	0	0	4
1981–82	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		44	8	7	15	71		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				737	192	259	451	1,489		40	4	7	11	35

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season						Post Season
		G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	Result
Toronto Maple Leafs	1984–85	80	20	52	8	48	5th in Norris	Missed playoffs
Toronto Maple Leafs	1985–86	80	25	48	7	57	4th in Norris	Won in division semi-finals (3-0 vs. CHI) Lost in division finals (3-4 vs. STL)
Winnipeg Jets	1986–87	80	40	32	8	88	3rd in Smythe	Won in division semi-finals (4-2 vs. CGY) Lost in division finals (0-4 vs. EDM)
Winnipeg Jets	1987–88	80	33	36	11	77	3rd in Smythe	Lost in division semi-finals (1-4 vs. EDM)
Winnipeg Jets	1988–89	52	18	25	9	(64)	5th in Smythe	Fired
Winnipeg Total		212	91	93	28	210		5-10 (0.333)
Toronto Total		160	45	100	15	105		6-4 (0.600)
Total		372	136	193	43	315		11-14 (0.440)

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database