Merlin Malinowski
#20 · Centre · Hartford Whalers
Born Sep 27, 1958 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 27th overall in 1978 by CLR (round 2)
Compare with a similar player
The forwards closest to him in points in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Bill Bennett
HFD ·
6 P in 24 GP
Greg Polis
WSH ·
6 P in 28 GP
Hilliard Graves
WIN ·
6 P in 35 GP
Danny Geoffrion
MTL ·
6 P in 38 GP
Peter Driscoll
EDM ·
6 P in 42 GP
Career
Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.
Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 | CLR | 54 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 0.43 |
| 1979-80 | CLR | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0.55 |
| 1980-81 | CLR | 69 | 25 | 37 | 62 | -24 | 61 | 152 | 0 | 0.90 |
| 1981-82 | CLR | 69 | 13 | 28 | 41 | -23 | 32 | 95 | 0 | 0.59 |
| 1982-83 | NJD | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 1982-83 | HFD | 75 | 5 | 23 | 28 | -41 | 16 | 94 | 0 | 0.37 |
| 5 seasons | Career | 283 | 54 | 111 | 165 | -105 | 121 | 441 | 0 | 0.58 |
1979-80 season totals
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP | Shooting % | Avg TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0.55 | 12.5 | 0:00 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1980 | vs EDM | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 19, 1980 | vs PHI | W 8-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 16, 1980 | vs BOS | L 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 28, 1979 | @ BUF | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 26, 1979 | vs TOR | T 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 23, 1979 | vs LAK | L 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 20, 1979 | vs WIN | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 18, 1979 | vs QUE | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 14, 1979 | @ WIN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 13, 1979 | @ TOR | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 11, 1979 | vs STL | T 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |