"David Wilfred Maloney" is a former professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey)/defenceman who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League from 1974–75 NHL season/1974–75 until 1984–85 NHL season/1984–85.

Maloney was drafted 14th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. He played 657 career NHL games, scoring 71 goals and 246 assists for 317 points, as well as compiling 1154 Penalty (ice hockey)/penalty minutes. He was also the youngest player to serve as Captain for the New York Rangers and captained them to the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals. That same year, Maloney, along with Phil Esposito and other Ranger teammates, recorded a song called the Hockey Sock Rock as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

On December 6, 1984, the Rangers traded Maloney and Chris Renaud (ice hockey)/Chris Renaud to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Steve Patrick and Jim Wiemer.

From 1995 to 1998, he was a studio analyst for NHL on Fox/FOX NHL Saturday. He currently serves as the color commentator on Ranger radio broadcasts alongside Kenny Albert. He currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Maloney played with his brother Don Maloney while with the Rangers.

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Being captain means more in hockey than in any sport. You wear that 'C' on your sweater, and you have an obligation to lead. Messier was all about that.

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I think it's just another one of those hockey things. I'm not sure anybody can find out why it happens. It just sort of grows on its own.

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Retiring numbers in sports is way overdone, but it's impossible to argue with this one. Messier always will be 'the captain' in New York.

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