PLAYER PROFILE: BRAD MALONE
BRAD MALONE
2016-17: 52 GP, 7g-13a-20pts (w/ Hershey)
19 GP, 4g-4a-8pts (w/ Chicago)
2017-18: Year one of a two-year NHL deal
GET TO KNOW BRAD WITH THESE FIVE FAST FACTS:
- Part of the trade last season between Washington and St. Louis which sent D Kevin Shattenkirk to the Capitals; Malone finished the year with the Chicago Wolves
- First time he ever skated was when he was two when the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1991; his uncle Greg was the director of scouting in Pittsburgh from 1989-2007 and played over 700 NHL games
- Not one to shy away from a rough style of game as he has 18 fighting majors in 176 NHL games and 13 majors in 236 AHL contests
- Hails from Miramichi, New Brunswick a.k.a. “Canada’s Irish Capital”
- Won two WCHA titles at the University of North Dakota in 2010 and 2011 where he was a teammate of current Condors d-man Dillon Simpson and former Condors winger Evan Trupp
DOUBLE DIP OF HIGHLIGHTS:
Brad Malone scores his first NHL goal for Colorado in 2013
Malone scored his first with Carolina in January 2015
FREEZE FRAME
RALEIGH, NC – JANUARY 02: Miikka Salomaki #20 of the Nashville Predators is checked into the boards by Brad Malone #24 of the Carolina Hurricanes during an NHL game at PNC Arena on January 2, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)
