Manny Malhotra
Emmanuel Noveen Malhotra ( born May 18, 1980 in Mississauga, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League on the position of the center since October 2012. After Robin Bawa, he is the second player of Indian descent in the NHL. His brother in law is the Canadian basketball player Steve Nash.
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Career
Malhotra, the son of an Indian father and a French-Canadian, began his career as a hockey player with the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League, where he played from 1996 to 1998. The defensively oriented striker collected in two seasons with the Storm 95 scorer points in 118 games. The highlight of this period was about winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup at the end of 1997/ 98, as well as the distinction of having the Bobby Smith Trophy. In the subsequent Memorial Cup, the team lost only in the finale against the Portland Winter Hawks. However, Malhotra was with the George Parsons Trophy awarded athletic fairest player and elected to the All- Star team. In the summer it then the New York Rangers selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1998 in the first round than a total of seven players.
After the training camp for the Rangers in September 1998, the striker managed immediately secured a place in the main squad of NHL franchises get. In 73 missions in the season 1998/99 he came to 16 points scorer. The following game year was less successful. Although he played 27 games for the Rangers in the NHL, but also came back with the Guelph Storm in the OHL and the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League action. With the farm team of the Rangers, he won the Calder Cup at the end of the season. The 2000/ 01 spent Malhotra both the Rangers and the Wolf Pack because the management of the Rangers did not appear satisfied with the development of their former first-round picks. After he had then spent the 2001/02 season complete again in New York, he was discharged on 12 March 2002 along with Barrett Heisten in exchange for Martin Ručínský and Roman Ljaschenko to the Dallas Stars. For the Texans, the center ran on only one and a half years since he had been selected on 21 November 2003 by the Columbus Blue Jackets of the waiver list after the stars were no more use for him. In Columbus Malhotra played the 2003/04 season to an end. With 25 points from 65 matches he played his best NHL season until then.
Due to the lockout in the 2004/ 05 NHL season, the Canadian spent the season in Europe. There he first played from early October to late December for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian Hockey League and Inter league. On 20 December 2004 he moved finally to the HV 71 Jönköping in the Swedish Elitserien, where he finished the season.
At the beginning of the 2005 /06 Malhotra returned to the Columbus Blue Jackets back in the NHL. Again he could with 31 points set a personal best at the end of the season. The following three seasons ran very successfully for the striker, because he was always able to achieve about 25 to 30 points. The 2008/09 season he set with 35 points again a personal record, and had thus contributed significantly to the first attainment of the playoffs in the franchise history of the Blue Jackets. Nevertheless, his expiring contract was not renewed in the summer break, then invited him the San Jose Sharks in September 2009 training camp. On September 23, she finally took him for a year under contract.
After three years he left Vancouver in the summer of 2013, thus became a free agent. After he could not find the right new team, he joined with a try -out contract the Charlotte Checkers, took him before the Carolina Hurricanes as a cooperation partner of the Checkers fixed for one year under contract.
Internationally
At the international level Malhotra participated with the Canadian national team at the Junior World Championship in 2000. He contributed to winning the bronze medal two Assist in seven tournament games at. In addition, the defensive specialist represented his native country at the 2002 World Cup in Sweden. There, the team did not come through a sixth square. Malhotra was no points in seven games.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- U20 Junior World Championship 2000
- World Cup 2002
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )