Steve Maltais

Steve Maltais (born January 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American ice hockey coach and former player. He was originally selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1987 NHL entry draft. He is the current head coach of the Chicago Cougars of the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL).

Playing career

Maltais was born in Arvida, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Arvida.

Maltais played parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League with the Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Red Wings, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He also attended the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp in 1997, but was released prior to the start of the regular season.

He is best known, however, for his long tenure with the top-level minor league Chicago Wolves. He joined the Wolves in 1994 when they were in the International Hockey League, and followed them into the American Hockey League. He retired in 2005, having played in all 11 of the team's seasons up to that point. He is still the Wolves all-time leading scorer. His 596 minor league goals is the eighth highest total in minor league history, and his 605 total goals (minor league and NHL) is good for 22nd all time.

His #11 was retired by the Wolves in a ceremony on April 15, 2006.

Career statistics Bold indicates led league Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 Wexford Raiders MetJHL 33 35 19 54 38 — — — — — 1986–87 Cornwall Royals OHL 65 32 12 44 29 5 0 0 0 2 1987–88 Cornwall Royals OHL 59 39 46 85 30 11 9 6 15 13 1988–89 Cornwall Royals OHL 58 53 70 123 67 18 14 16 30 16 1988–89 Fort Wayne Komets IHL — — — — — 4 2 1 3 0 1989–90 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 67 29 37 66 54 12 6 10 16 6 1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1990–91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 73 36 43 79 97 6 1 4 5 10 1990–91 Washington Capitals NHL 7 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1991–92 Halifax Citadels AHL 10 3 3 6 0 — — — — — 1991–92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 48 25 31 56 51 — — — — — 1991–92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 12 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 1992–93 Atlanta Knights IHL 16 14 10 24 22 — — — — — 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 63 7 13 20 35 — — — — — 1993–94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 73 35 49 84 79 12 5 11 16 14 1993–94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Chicago Wolves IHL 79 57 41 98 145 3 1 1 2 0 1995–96 Chicago Wolves IHL 81 56 66 122 161 9 7 7 14 20 1996–97 Chicago Wolves IHL 81 60 54 114 62 4 2 0 2 4 1997–98 Chicago Wolves IHL 82 46 57 103 120 22 8 11 19 28 1998–99 Chicago Wolves IHL 82 56 44 100 164 10 4 6 10 2 1999–2000 Chicago Wolves IHL 82 44 46 90 78 16 9 4 13 14 2000–01 Chicago Wolves IHL 50 25 26 51 57 16 7 10 17 2 2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 26 0 3 3 12 — — — — — 2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 67 31 32 63 62 25 12 10 22 22 2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 79 30 56 86 86 9 3 5 8 12 2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 76 31 33 64 67 10 5 4 9 16 2004–05 Chicago Wolves AHL 80 18 42 60 59 18 5 7 12 6 IHL totals 601 383 404 757 860 84 40 40 80 70 AHL totals 527 213 295 508 504 92 37 51 88 86 NHL totals 120 9 18 27 53 1 0 0 0 0

Awards 1999–2000: IHL Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy

2002-03: AHL John B. Sollenberger Trophy