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Don Maloney

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 5, 1958 in Lindsay, Ontario

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:31AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #446. Ed Van Impe… #446. DON MALONEY… #448. Yvon Lambert… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 NYR NHL 28 9 17 26 9 4 39 6 3 0 0 39 23.1
1979-80 21 NYR NHL 79 25 48 73 27 -15 97 18 6 1 3 123 20.3
1980-81 22 NYR NHL 61 29 23 52 22 17 99 17 7 5 9 124 23.4
1981-82 23 NYR NHL 54 22 36 58 22 9 73 15 6 1 5 99 22.2
1982-83 24 NYR NHL 78 29 40 69 26 -5 88 14 14 1 2 133 21.8
1983-84 25 NYR NHL 79 24 42 66 24 -5 62 16 5 3 5 129 18.6
1984-85 26 NYR NHL 37 11 16 27 10 -9 32 6 5 0 0 56 19.6
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 68 11 17 28 11 18 56 11 0 0 1 89 12.4
1986-87 28 NYR NHL 72 19 38 57 21 7 117 13 3 3 0 130 14.6
1987-88 29 NYR NHL 66 12 21 33 12 12 60 11 1 0 2 88 13.6
1988-89 30 TOT NHL 52 7 20 27 9 3 39 6 1 0 1 72 9.7
1988-89 30 NYR NHL 31 4 9 13 5 2 16 4 0 0 0 38 10.5
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 21 3 11 14 5 1 23 2 1 0 1 34 8.8
1989-90 31 NYI NHL 79 16 27 43 16 6 47 15 0 1 2 113 14.2
1990-91 32 NYI NHL 12 0 5 5 1 -3 6 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
Career NHL 765 214 350 564 211 39 815 148 51 15 30 1205 17.8

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1978-79 20 NYR NHL 28 0.32 0.61 0.93 0.34 1.39 1.39 7 14 21 8 36 11 22 1 4 1.5 0.4 1.9
1979-80 21 NYR NHL 79 0.32 0.61 0.92 0.34 1.23 1.56 21 41 62 23 97 33 84 5 -15 4.3 0.6 4.9
1980-81 22 NYR NHL 61 0.48 0.38 0.85 0.37 1.62 2.03 22 18 40 17 89 23 60 11 17 3.3 1.1 4.4
1981-82 23 NYR NHL 54 0.41 0.67 1.07 0.40 1.35 1.83 16 26 42 16 88 20 71 12 9 3.2 0.9 4.1
1982-83 24 NYR NHL 78 0.37 0.51 0.88 0.34 1.13 1.71 23 32 55 21 105 39 83 12 -5 3.8 0.8 4.6
1983-84 25 NYR NHL 79 0.30 0.53 0.84 0.31 0.78 1.63 19 33 52 19 90 30 87 22 -5 3.1 0.9 3.9
1984-85 26 NYR NHL 37 0.30 0.43 0.73 0.28 0.86 1.51 9 13 22 8 41 13 45 8 -9 1.2 0.3 1.5
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 68 0.16 0.25 0.41 0.16 0.82 1.31 9 13 22 8 55 10 50 23 18 0.0 1.4 1.4
1986-87 28 NYR NHL 72 0.26 0.53 0.79 0.29 1.63 1.81 16 32 48 17 83 13 88 25 7 2.9 1.0 3.9
1987-88 29 NYR NHL 66 0.18 0.32 0.50 0.18 0.91 1.33 10 17 27 10 46 1 59 26 12 0.7 1.3 2.0
1988-89 30 TOT NHL 52 0.13 0.38 0.52 0.18 0.75 1.38 5 16 21 7 40 5 49 17 3 0.5 0.7 1.2
1988-89 30 NYR NHL 31 0.13 0.29 0.42 0.15 0.52 1.23 3 7 10 4 22 0 36 16 2 0.0 0.4 0.4
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 21 0.14 0.52 0.67 0.22 1.10 1.62 2 9 11 4 18 5 13 1 1 0.4 0.3 0.8
1989-90 31 NYI NHL 79 0.20 0.34 0.54 0.20 0.59 1.43 13 23 36 13 61 4 73 22 6 1.3 1.2 2.5
1990-91 32 NYI NHL 12 0.00 0.42 0.42 0.11 0.50 0.83 0 4 4 1 5 0 10 2 -3 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NHL 765 0.28 0.46 0.74 0.28 1.07 1.58 170 282 452 170 836 202 781 186 39 25.7 10.8 36.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 NYR NHL 18 7 13 20 19 7 0 0 1
1979-80 21 NYR NHL 9 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 0
1980-81 22 NYR NHL 13 1 6 7 13 0 1 0 0
1981-82 23 NYR NHL 10 5 5 10 10 3 2 0 0
1982-83 24 NYR NHL 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 NYR NHL 5 1 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
1984-85 26 NYR NHL 3 4 0 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 9 44.4
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 16 2 1 3 -6 31 2 0 0 0 10 20.0
1986-87 28 NYR NHL 6 2 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 11 18.2
1988-89 30 HAR NHL 4 0 0 0 -1 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1989-90 31 NYI NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Career NHL 94 22 35 57 1 101 17 5 0 1 54 16.7

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 16 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 5 1 3 4 0
1975-76 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 61 27 41 68 132
1976-77 18 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 38 22 34 56 126
1977-78 19 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 62 30 74 104 143
1978-79 20 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 38 18 26 44 62
1981-82 23 New York Rangers DN-Cup 4 0 2 2
1984-85 26 Canada WEC-A 8 1 1 2
Career 1 Season AHL 38 18 26 44 62
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 0 2 2
Career 4 Seasons OMJHL 166 80 152 232 401
Career 1 Season WEC-A 8 1 1 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 17 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 5 3 1 4 9
1977-78 19 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 9 4 9 13 40
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 14 7 10 17 49

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Don Maloney 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.0
Pete Stemkowski 90.4 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.0
Steve Konowalchuk 89.4 5.2 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.0
Ron Murphy 88.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.2 -0.3
Ruslan Fedotenko 86.9 4.8 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.2 1.6
Nick Mickoski 86.5 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3 -0.4
Cliff Koroll 85.7 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Doug Risebrough 85.5 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.1
Marty McInnis 85.4 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.5 2.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.6 0.5
Dainius Zubrus 85.2 5.3 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.5
Bob Nystrom 84.6 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.0 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.1 -0.3 -0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Don Maloney 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.0
Pete Stemkowski 91.7 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.2 0.0 -0.7
Steve Konowalchuk 90.9 5.2 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.0
Ron Murphy 87.0 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.5
Ruslan Fedotenko 86.9 4.8 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.2 1.6
Nick Mickoski 86.5 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3 -0.4
Cliff Koroll 85.7 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.3 -0.6
Doug Risebrough 85.5 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 -0.1
Marty McInnis 85.4 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.5 2.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.6 0.5
Don Marcotte 85.3 5.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Frank St. Marseille 84.2 5.0 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.1 1.9 1.5 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1983 NHL
1984 NHL

Short-Handed Goals

1980-81 NHL 5 (5)

Game-Winning Goals

1980-81 NHL 9 (2)

Shooting Percentage

1980-81 NHL 23.4 (5)
Career NHL 17.8 (38)

Transactions

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November 18, 1984: Missed majority of 1984-85 due to leg injury vs. New Jersey, November 18, 1984.

December 26, 1988: Traded to Hartford by NY Rangers with Brian Lawton and Norm MacIver for Carey Wilson and Hartford's 5th round choice (Lubos Rob) in 1990 Entry Draft, December 26, 1988.

August 25, 1989: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, August 25, 1989.

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