David Wilfred Maloney is a former professional

Professional

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 defenceman

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 who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 from 1974–75 until 1984–85.

Maloney was drafted 14th overall by the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

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 in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft

1974 NHL Amateur Draft

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. He played 657 career NHL games, scoring 71 goals and 246 assists for 317 points, as well as compiling 1154 penalty minutes

Penalty (ice hockey)

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. He was also the youngest player to serve as Captain for the New York Rangers and captained them to the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals

1979 Stanley Cup Finals

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. That same year, Maloney, along with Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito

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 and other Ranger teammates, recorded a song called the Hockey Sock Rock

Hockey Sock Rock

Hockey Sock Rock is a song written and produced by Alan Thicke, as a publicity tool for the New York Rangers and the NHL in 1979, as Rangers president Sonny Werblin worked to make the Rangers more hip in disco-era New York City; the proceeds of the recording went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research...

 as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

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.

On December 6, 1984, the Rangers traded Maloney and Chris Renaud

Chris Renaud (ice hockey)

Chris Renaud is a retired Canadia professional ice hockey defenceman.He was member of the Tulsa Oilers team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984, playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season...

 to the Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

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 in exchange for Steve Patrick

Steve Patrick

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 and Jim Wiemer

Jim Wiemer

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From 1995 to 1998, he was a studio analyst for FOX NHL Saturday. He currently serves as the color commentator

Color commentator

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 on Ranger radio broadcasts alongside Kenny Albert

Kenny Albert

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. He currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich, Connecticut

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Maloney played with his brother Don Maloney

Don Maloney

Donald Michael "Slip" Maloney is a former NHL player, and is currently the general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes. He played for the New York Rangers for parts of eleven seasons. His best season came in the 1982–83 season, in which he tallied 29 goals and 69 points in 78 games...

 while with the Rangers.

His son David works for MSG Network

MSG Network

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. His son, Daniel, served in the United States Air Force

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 and is an Operation Enduring Freedom veteran. Daughter Brooke is currently attending St. Lawrence University

St. Lawrence University

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 and plays field hockey

Field hockey

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In 2009, Maloney was ranked No. 34 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons

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).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971–72	Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Rangers The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener, Ontario, Canada their home since 1963. The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers. The Rangers hosted...	OHA Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		49	8	21	29	101		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		69	15	53	68	109		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75 1974–75 AHL season The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season...	Providence Reds Providence Reds The Providence Reds were a hockey team that played in the Canadian-American Hockey League between 1926–1936 and the American Hockey League from 1936 to 1977, the last season of which they played as the Rhode Island Reds. The team won the Calder Cup in 1938, 1940, 1949, and 1956...	AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...		58	5	28	33	122		6	0	6	6	6
1974–75	New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...	NHL		4	0	2	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76 1975–76 AHL season The 1975–76 AHL season was the 40th season of the American Hockey League. The league begins to give out three James H. Ellery Memorial Awards to the media, one each for outstanding newspaper, radio and television coverage of the AHL....	Providence Reds	AHL		26	5	17	22	81		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	New York Rangers	NHL		21	1	3	4	66		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	New York Rangers	NHL		66	3	18	21	100		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	New York Rangers	NHL		56	2	19	21	63		3	0	0	0	11
1978–79	New York Rangers	NHL		76	11	17	28	151		17	3	4	7	45
1979–80	New York Rangers	NHL		77	12	25	37	186		8	2	1	3	8
1980–81	New York Rangers	NHL		79	11	36	47	132		2	0	2	2	9
1981–82	New York Rangers	NHL		64	13	36	49	105		10	1	4	5	6
1982–83	New York Rangers	NHL		78	8	42	50	132		7	1	6	7	10
1983–84	New York Rangers	NHL		68	7	26	33	168		1	0	0	0	2
1984–85	New York Rangers	NHL		16	2	1	3	10		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		52	1	21	22	41		1	0	0	0	0
11 seasons	NHL total			657	71	246	317	1154		49	7	17	24	91

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