Greg Malone (hockey player)

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Position	Center
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
Pro Clubs	Pittsburgh Penguins Hartford Whalers Quebec Nordiques
Nationality	Canada
Born	March 8, 1956, Chatham, New Brunswick
NHL Draft	Rnd 2, 19th overall, 1976 Pittsburgh Penguins
Pro Career	1976 – 1987

Gregory "Greg" Malone (Born March 8, 1956 in Chatham, New Brunswick) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Center.

[edit] Career

Malone was a scoring star in Fredericton, New Brunswick before moving on to the Oshawa Generals of the OHA. After recording consecutive 30-goal seasons, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him in the second round, 19th overall in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to spend the majority of his career with the Penguins followed by three productive years with the Hartford Whalers. Malone was traded from Hartford to the Quebec Nordiques for Wayne Babych but never produced with his new team and retired in 1987.

A year after his retirement, then general manager Tony Esposito hired Malone to the Penguins' scouting staff. He won 2 Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992 when he was serving as a scout for the team. Greg Malone was the Chief Scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins until the offseason in 2006 when he became a scout with the Phoniex Coyotes. He is the father of the current Pittsburgh Penguin forward Ryan Malone.