Manny Malhotra

Manny Malhotra
Born	May 18, 1980 Mississauga, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Center
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Columbus Blue Jackets New York Rangers Dallas Stars
NHL draft	7th overall, 1998 New York Rangers
Playing career	1998–present

Manny Malhotra is an ice hockey player born in Mississauga, Ontario.

Playing career

He was drafted in the first round as the 7th overall pick of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. During his NHL career he has played for the Rangers, the Dallas Stars and his current team, the Columbus Blue Jackets. Malhotra spent the 2005-2006 season centering Columbus' 3rd line.

He is the second NHL player of Indian descent (the first being Robin Bawa during the 1989-90 season with the Washington Capitals) as his father is from the state of Punjab in India . His mother is French Canadian.

Career statistics

Regular Season

Season Team GP G A TP PIM +/- PP SHG GW S Pct

1996-97 GUEL, OHL 61 16 28 44 26 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1997-98 GUEL, OHL 57 16 35 51 29 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1998-99 NYRA, NHL 73 8 8 16 13 -2 1 0 2 61 13.11

1999-00 NYRA, NHL 27 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0 18 0.00

1999-00 GUEL, OHL 5 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1999-00 HWP, AHL 12 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

2000-01 NYRA, NHL 50 4 8 12 31 -10 0 0 2 46 8.70

2000-01 HWP, AHL 28 5 6 11 69 5 0 0 1 61 8.20

2001-02 DALL, NHL 16 1 0 1 5 -3 0 0 0 19 5.26

2001-02 NYRA, NHL 56 7 6 13 42 -1 0 1 1 41 17.07

2002-03 DALL, NHL 59 3 7 10 42 -2 0 0 1 62 4.84

2003-04 COLU, NHL 56 12 13 25 24 -5 1 0 2 103 11.65

2003-04 DALL, NHL 9 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 4 0.00

2004-05 HVJ, SWEDEN 20 5 2 7 16 -6 1 1 0 46 10.87

2005-06 COLU, NHL 58 10 21 31 41 1 1 1 0 102 9.80

2006-07 COLU, NHL 6 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 9 22.22

NHL TOTALS 410 47 65 112 208 -30 4 2 8 465 10.11