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phil maloney

philip francis anthony maloney -lrb- born october 6 , 1927 -rrb- is a retired professional ice hockey player and coach .
maloney began his career with the shawinigan cataractes before signing a free agent contract with the boston bruins in 1948 .
sent to the american hockey league 's hershey bears , he finished with 79 points in his first professional campaign .
the next year , he earned a spot an the bruins ' national hockey league roster .
a smooth-skating , playmaking centre , maloney had an impressive rookie season where he tallied 46 points -lrb- 15 goals , 31 assists -rrb- in 70 games .
as a result , he finished second for the 1949-50 calder trophy vote for rookie of the year .
-lsb- http://www.legendsofhockey.net/legendsofhockey/jsp/searchplayer.jsp?player=13506] despite the strong start , maloney soon found himself struggling to find ice time .
he played thirteen games with the bruins the next season before being traded to the toronto maple leafs .
a talented player who was a casualty of the deep talent pool and limited opportunities of the `` original six '' era , maloney would play only 29 games with the leafs in 1952-53 .
he later made nhl appearances with the chicago black hawks , playing 45 games between 1958 and 1960 .
-lsb- http://www.legendsofhockey.net/legendsofhockey/jsp/searchplayer.jsp?player=13506] spending much of his career in the minors , maloney was a force in these lower leagues .
he spent 14 years with the vancouver canucks in the western hockey league .
he retired at the end of the 1969-70 season , the year before the canucks became a part of the nhl , and was the career scoring leader for the franchise with 923 points .
maloney scored a career high 102 points in 1960-61 during a brief two-year stint with the buffalo bisons .
-lsb- http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/malonph01.html] mahoney later was hired as an assistant coach by the nhl 's vancouver canucks .
he became the head bench boss late in the 1973-74 season and coached 232 games with the franchise .
