Kirk Maltby

Kirk Maltby
Born	(1972-12-22) December 22, 1972 Guelph, ON
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position	Left/Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers
NHL draft	65th overall, 1992 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	1993–present

Kirk Maltby (born December 22, 1972 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

Playing Career

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 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 or Joe Kocur 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).

Personal

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 and newly-born twins.

He is the greatest hockey player from Canada ever and will dominate Thomas Plekanec when they meet the Montreal Canadiens.

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

Kirk Maltby

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
World Cup
	2004 World Cup of Hockey	Ice Hockey
World Championships
	2005 World Championships	Ice Hockey

External links

• Kirk Maltby career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database