Daniel Charles "Snowshoes" Maloney (born September 24, 1950) is a former ice hockey left winger in the NHL and former NHL coach.

Drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft, Maloney played two seasons for the Blackhawks and later played for the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs tallying 192 goals, 259 assists and 451 points in 737 games over the course of his playing career. Upon retiring as a player he was offered an assistant coach position with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1982, and promoted to head coach in 1984. He coached 2 seasons with the Leafs, then coached 3 more years as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets. Danny Maloney is also known as having had one of the hardest right-hand punches in his day, and is considered by many hockey fans to have been the greatest fighter in NHL history.

Career statistics

                                            --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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1967-68  Markham Seal-A-Wax          MJBHL   0    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  --
1968-69  London Knights              OHA    53   12   28   40   62  --  --  --  --  --
1969-70  London Knights              OHA    54   31   35   66  232  --  --  --  --  --
1970-71  Chicago Black Hawks         NHL    74   12   14   26  174  10   0   1   1   8
1971-72  Dallas Black Hawks          CHL    72   25   45   70  161  12   4   5   9  44
1972-73  Chicago Black Hawks         NHL    57   13   17   30   63  --  --  --  --  --
1972-73  Los Angeles Kings           NHL    14    4    7   11   18  --  --  --  --  --
1973-74  Los Angeles Kings           NHL    65   15   17   32  113   5   0   0   0   2
1974-75  Los Angeles Kings           NHL    80   27   39   66  165   3   0   0   0   2
1975-76  Detroit Red Wings           NHL    77   27   39   66  203  --  --  --  --  --
1976-77  Detroit Red Wings           NHL    34   13   13   26   64  --  --  --  --  --
1977-78  Detroit Red Wings           NHL    66   16   29   45  151  --  --  --  --  --
1977-78  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL    13    3    4    7   25  13   1   3   4  17
1978-79  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL    77   17   36   53  157   6   3   3   6   2
1979-80  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL    71   17   16   33  102  --  --  --  --  --
1980-81  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL    65   20   21   41  183   3   0   0   0   4
1981-82  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL    44    8    7   15   71  --  --  --  --  --
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         NHL Totals                        737  192  259  451 1489  40   4   7  11  35

Coaching statistics

Season  Team                 Lge  Type             GP   W  L  T  OTL   Pct   Result 
1982-83 Toronto Maple Leafs  NHL  Assistant Coach 
1983-84 Toronto Maple Leafs  NHL  Assistant Coach 
1984-85 Toronto Maple Leafs  NHL  Head Coach       80  20  52  8  0  0.300 Out of Playoffs 
1985-86 Toronto Maple Leafs  NHL  Head Coach       80  25  48  7  0  0.356 Lost in round 2 
1986-87 Winnipeg Jets        NHL  Head Coach       80  40  32  8  0  0.550 Lost in round 2 
1987-88 Winnipeg Jets        NHL  Head Coach       80  33  36  11 0  0.481 Lost in round 1 
1988-89 Winnipeg Jets        NHL  Head Coach       52  18  25  9  0  0.433  
1992-93 New York Rangers     NHL  Assistant Coach 

External links

• Dan Maloney's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database