|
View: Previous | Next
|
| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 |
Merlin Malinowski
Selected in second round
No.
27 overall by Colorado Rockies
Born September
27, 1958
 | Position:
Center / Left Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
|
|
| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Medicine Hat (WCHL)
Birthplace: North Battleford, Sask. (Canada)
Hometown:
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan |
 |
 |
|
| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
2 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
0 | | 1974-75 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
59 | 23 |
44 | 67 |
58 | | 1975-76 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
59 | 60 |
86 | 146 |
79 | | 1976-77 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
70 | 22 |
48 | 70 |
40 | | 1977-88 |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
72 | 48 |
78 | 126 |
131 |
|
PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
AJHL MVP: 1975-76 (Drumheller)
AJHL
All-Star Second Team: 1975-76 (Drumheller)
AJHL Goals Leader:
1975-76 (Drumheller) (60 goals) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 5, 1978 (Colorado at
Philadelphia)
Numbers: 23, 16 (Colorado/New Jersey); 20 (Hartford)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1990 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1978-1983 |
Colorado/N.J., Hartford | 282 |
54 | 111 | 165 |
121 |
|
NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Colorado
Player of Year (Three-Stars Leader): 1980-81
Colorado Rookie of
Year: 1978-79
Miscellaneous: Missed part of 1980-81 season with separated shoulder,
suffered during Colorado's Dec. 26, 1980 game vs. Calgary. ... Played on line
with Ron Delorme and Gary Croteau for Colorado in 1980-81. ... Missed part of 1981-82 season with concussion suffered in November 1981. ... Was on Colorado team that relocated to New Jersey on
June 30, 1982. ... Released by Hartford in October 1983. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Philadelphia (AHL); Fort
Worth (CHL); Arosa, Langnau (Switzerland)
Olympics: 1988 (fourth
place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
CHL All-Star Second Team: 1979-80 (Fort Worth)
CHL Shorthanded Goals Leader:
1979-80 (Fort Worth) (4 SHG)
CHL
Playoffs Points Leader: 1980 (Fort Worth) (24 points)
CHL Playoffs
Assists Leader: 1980 (Fort Worth) (16 assists)
Switzerland Assists Leader: 1986-87 (Langnau) (45 assists)
Coaching
Career: Worked as a coach in Switzerland after his retirement, first as
head coach of Arosa, then as assistant coach of Chur. ... Named Ajoie
(Switzerland) head coach prior to 1999-00 season and remained in that position
into 2002-03 season.
Personal: Nicknamed "The Magician"
and "Magic."
... Full name is Merlin Travis Malinowski. ... Older brother of former
major-junior player Warren Malinowski. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: New Jersey traded Malinowski and Scott
Fusco to Hartford in exchange for Garry Howatt and Rick Meagher on October 15,
1982. |
|
|
|
SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
|
|
