Greg Malone: 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee 233

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee 233 Greg Malone Hockey Card (Front)

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee 233 Greg Malone Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

One of the Penguins’ hardest workers, Greg is an outstanding up and coming center. He was named winner of the Michel Briere Memorial Trophy as Pittsburgh’s Rookie of the Year for 1976-77. Greg was captain of his junior team.

En Français

Un des grands travailleurs des Penguins, Greg a commencé a faire sa marque au centre. Gagnant du Trophée commémoratif Michel Brière en tant que Recrue de l’Année à Pittsburgh pour 1976-77. Greg fut capitaine de son équipe junior.

Details

Greg Malone was the winner of the Michel Briere Trophy in 1976-77, an award that had been handed out since the 1967-68 NHL season to the rookie of the year for the Pittsburgh Penguins. In that rookie campaign, Malone scored 18 and assisted on 19 for 37 points over 66 games.

It took until his 12th game with the Penguins to score his first NHL goal. That marker came in a November 5, 1976 road game against the Colorado Rockies, a 4-1 win. At 10:13 of the third period, Malone put one past Colorado goalie Michel Plasse with assists going to Bob Kelly and Blair Chapman.

Malone served as captain of the Oshawa Generals in 1975-76, his third and final year with the club. The Penguins selected him in the second round of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, 19th overall and Greg jumped right to the NHL for the 1976-77 NHL season without time spent in the minors.

1978-79 would see Malone put up the first of his two NHL hat tricks. On March 28, 1979 in a 7-1 victory over the New York Rangers at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Greg scored his 30th, 31st and 32nd goals of the season. He would go on to a career high of 35 that year.

Between 1976-77 and 1986-87, Greg Malone played 704 regular season and 20 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques. He had three 20+ goal seasons in the NHL, two with the Penguins and one with with the Whalers.

Greg Malone NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	66	18	19	37	43
1977-78	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	18	43	61	80
1978-79	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	35	30	65	52
1979-80	Pittsburgh Penguins	51	19	32	51	46
1980-81	Pittsburgh Penguins	62	21	29	50	68
1981-82	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	15	24	39	125
1982-83	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	17	44	61	82
1983-84	Hartford Whalers	78	17	37	54	56
1984-85	Hartford Whalers	76	22	39	61	67
1985-86	Hartford Whalers	22	6	7	13	24
1985-86	Quebec Nordiques	27	3	5	8	18
1986-87	Quebec Nordiques	6	0	1	1	0
	Totals	704	191	310	501	661

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	1	2	2
1977-78	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1978-79	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	0	1	1	10
1979-80	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1980-81	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	2	3	5	16
1981-82	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	0	0	0	4
1982-83	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1983-84	Hartford Whalers	0	0	0	0	0
1984-85	Hartford Whalers	0	0	0	0	0
1985-86	Hartford Whalers	0	0	0	0	0
1985-86	Quebec Nordiques	1	0	0	0	0
1986-87	Quebec Nordiques	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	20	3	5	8	32