Phil Maloney

Philip Francis Anthony Maloney (October 6, 1927 – February 21, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Chicago Black Hawks between 1949 and 1960. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1946 to 1970, was spent in various minor leagues, mainly with the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League. After retiring he turned to coaching and coached the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL from 1974 to 1977. He also served as the general manager of the Canucks from 1974 to 1976.

Playing career Maloney began his career with the Shawinigan Cataractes before signing a free-agent contract with the Boston Bruins in 1948. Sent to the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, he finished with 79 points in his first professional campaign. The next year, he earned a spot on the Bruins' National Hockey League roster and tallied 46 points (15 goals, 31 assists) in 70 games. As a result, he finished second in the 1949-50 Calder Memorial Trophy vote for Rookie of the Year. He played thirteen games with the Bruins the next season before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Maloney played 29 games with the Leafs in 1952–53. He later made NHL appearances with the Chicago Black Hawks, playing 45 games between 1958 and 1960.

Maloney spent 14 years with the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Hockey League. He retired at the end of the 1969–70 season, the year before the Canucks became a part of the NHL, and was the career scoring leader for the franchise with 923 points. He scored a career-high 102 points in 1960-61 during a two-year stint with the Buffalo Bisons. Maloney later was hired as an assistant coach by the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. He became the head coach late in the 1973–74 season and coached 37 games with the franchise. In 1974–75, he coached the team to a first-place finish in the Smythe Division and to the first playoff appearance in its history.

Maloney died on February 21, 2020, aged 92.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1944–45 Ottawa St. Pats OCJHL 12 14 6 20 5 5 5 4 9 0 1944–45 Ottawa St. Pats M-Cup — — — — — 5 0 2 2 5 1945–46 Ottawa St. Pats OCJHL 12 18 9 27 9 5 0 8 8 0 1946–47 Shawinigan Falls Cataracts QSHL 34 10 15 25 4 4 3 3 6 0 1947–48 Shawinigan Falls Cataracts QSHL 48 18 46 64 24 7 2 6 8 0 1948–49 Hershey Bears AHL 64 29 50 79 21 11 5 6 11 2 1949–50 Boston Bruins NHL 70 15 31 46 6 — — — — — 1950–51 Boston Bruins NHL 13 2 0 2 2 — — — — — 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1950–51 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 54 13 23 36 14 5 2 0 2 2 1951–52 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 66 19 37 56 25 5 0 1 1 0 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 29 2 6 8 2 — — — — — 1952–53 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 28 8 22 30 22 — — — — — 1953–54 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 35 7 11 18 20 — — — — — 1953–54 Ottawa Senators QSHL 27 9 13 22 37 22 8 6 14 18 1954–55 Ottawa Senators QSHL 25 8 14 22 7 — — — — — 1954–55 Vancouver Canucks WHL 37 16 27 43 9 5 2 2 4 0 1955–56 Vancouver Canucks WHL 70 37 58 95 14 15 8 7 15 4 1956–57 Vancouver Canucks WHL 70 43 55 98 8 — — — — — 1957–58 Vancouver Canucks WHL 70 35 59 94 0 11 8 17 25 4 1958–59 Vancouver Canucks WHL 13 8 9 17 2 — — — — — 1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 24 2 2 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 21 6 4 10 0 — — — — — 1959–60 Buffalo Bisons AHL 46 21 41 62 14 — — — — — 1960–61 Buffalo Bisons AHL 71 37 65 102 27 4 0 3 3 0 1961–62 Vancouver Canucks WHL 70 34 52 86 2 — — — — — 1962–63 Vancouver Canucks WHL 64 29 61 90 8 7 2 7 9 0 1963–64 Vancouver Canucks WHL 65 28 53 81 38 — — — — — 1964–65 Vancouver Canucks WHL 69 29 52 81 18 5 1 5 6 0 1965–66 Vancouver Canucks WHL 65 22 51 73 16 7 5 8 13 0 1966–67 Vancouver Canucks WHL 72 17 49 66 42 8 1 6 7 0 1967–68 Vancouver Canucks WHL 72 22 46 68 6 — — — — — 1968–69 Vancouver Canucks WHL 65 4 24 28 19 2 0 0 0 0 1969–70 Vancouver Canucks WHL 16 2 1 3 0 — — — — — WHL totals 818 326 597 923 182 60 27 52 79 8 NHL totals 158 28 43 71 16 6 0 0 0 0

Coaching record Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GC W L T Finish GC W L Result 1972–73 Seattle Totems WHL 72 26 32 14 5th, WHL — — — — 1973–74 Seattle Totems WHL — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 37 15 18 4 7th, East — — — — 1974–75 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 38 32 10 1st, Smythe 5 1 4 Lost in Quarterfinals 1975–76 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 33 32 15 2nd, Smythe 2 0 2 Lost in Preliminary 1976–77 Vancouver Canucks NHL 35 9 23 3 — — — — — NHL totals 232 95 105 32 — — — — —