PLAYER PROFILE: BRAD MALONE

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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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Hails from Miramichi, New Brunswick a.k.a. “Canada’s Irish Capital”
  5. 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)