Dan Maloney


Daniel Charles "Snowshoes" Maloney was a professional ice hockey left winger in the National Hockey League and NHL coach.

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 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. 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.

Personal life

During his time with the Red Wings, Maloney lived year-round in Detroit area. 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.

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