Kirk Maltby

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Position	Left/Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Nickname(s)	Malts
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg/13 st 11 lb)
NHL Team F. teams	Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 22, 1972 (1972-12-22) (age 35), Guelph, Ontario, CAN
NHL Draft	65^th overall, 1992 Edmonton Oilers
Pro career	1993 – present

Kirk Maltby (born December 22, 1972 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey winger. He currently plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL.

Having spent his junior years with the Owen Sound Platers of the OHL, Maltby was selected in the 3rd round, 65th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1992 Draft. Maltby spent his entire rookie year at the Cape Breton Oilers of the AHL and played his first NHL season in the 1993 playing 68 games and scoring 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points and 74 penalty minutes. He played for the Oilers another 2 seasons before moving to the Detroit Red Wings during the 1995–96 NHL season, in which he was traded on March 20 by the Oilers to the Red Wings in exchange for defenceman Dan McGillis.

Maltby has spent 11 seasons with the Red Wings, helping them win 4 Stanley Cup titles (1997, 1998, 2002, 2008). He played on the "Grind Line" with teammates Kris Draper and Darren McCarty for a number of years.

Although Maltby was a rather prolific scorer in the Canadian junior leagues, he has never netted a 20 goal season nor has he reached 40 points. Instead, he has gained a reputation around the NHL as a solid checking forward who is able to instigate his opponents into taking a cheap penalty. As a result, he was named to the Canadian National Team for the 2005 World Championships. His best statistical season was 2002–03, when he set career highs in goals (14), assists (23), points (37), and penalty minutes (91).

Kirk Maltby resides in the Grosse Pointe area during the season and splits his offseason between his Michigan home and Cambridge, Ontario residence. He and his wife have a four-year-old daughter, Ella, and are expecting twins in July.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989–90	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	61	12	15	27	90	12	1	6	7	15
1990–91	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	66	34	32	66	100	--	--	--	--	--
1991–92	Owen Sound Platers	OHL	64	50	41	91	99	5	3	3	6	18
1992–93	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL	73	22	23	45	130	16	3	3	6	45
1993–94	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	68	11	8	19	74	--	--	--	--	--
1994–95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	47	8	3	11	49	--	--	--	--	--
1995–96	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL	4	1	2	3	6	--	--	--	--	--
1995–96	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	49	2	6	8	61	--	--	--	--	--
1995–96	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	6	1	0	1	6	8	0	1	1	4
1996–97	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	66	3	5	8	75	20	5	2	7	24
1997–98	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	65	14	9	23	89	22	3	1	4	30
1998–99	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	53	8	6	13	34	10	1	0	1	8
1999–00	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	41	6	8	14	24	8	0	1	1	4
2000–01	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	12	7	19	22	6	0	0	0	6
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	9	15	24	40	23	3	3	6	32
2002–03	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	14	23	37	91	4	0	0	0	4
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	14	19	33	80	12	1	3	4	11
2004–05	DNP — Lockout	NHL	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2005–06	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	5	6	11	80	6	2	1	3	4
2006–07	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	82	6	5	11	50	18	1	1	2	10
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	61	6	4	10	32	12	0	1	1	10
OHL Totals			191	96	88	184	289	17	4	9	13	33
AHL Totals			77	23	25	48	136	16	3	3	6	45
NHL Totals			942	119	124	243	807	149	16	14	30	147