Malhotra

Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President & General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that the Canucks have signed centre Manny Malhotra to a three-year deal. In keeping with club policy, terms were not disclosed.

Malhotra, 30, recorded 33 points (14-19-33) and finished +17 in 71 regular season games with the San Jose Sharks in 2009.10. He also played in 15 playoff games, registering a goal and finishing second in the NHL in faceoff percentage, winning 60.7 percent of draws taken.

The Mississauga, ON native has played in 705 NHL games, registering 230 points (90-140-230) with San Jose, Columbus, Dallas and the New York Rangers.

Malhotra was a member of the bronze-medal winning Canadian team at the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2000. He also represented Canada at the World Championships in 2002.

The 6’2”, 202-lbs centreman was originally selected seventh overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1995-1996	Mississauga Reps-MTHL	54	27	44	71		62
1996-1997	Guelph Storm-OHL	61	16	28	44		26
1997-1998	Guelph Storm-OHL	57	16	35	51		29
1997-1998	Guelph Storm-M-Cup	5	1	6	7		2
1998-1999	Rangers	73	8	8	16	-2	13	1	0	2	61	13.1
1999-2000	Rangers	27	0	0	0	-6	4	0	0	0	18	0.0
1999-2000	Canada-WJC-A	7	0	2	2		8	0	0	0	10
1999-2000	Guelph Storm-OHL	5	2	2	4	3	4	0	0	0
1999-2000	Hartford Wolf Pack-AHL	12	1	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	17	5.9
2000-2001	Hartford Wolf Pack-AHL	28	5	6	11	5	69	0	0	1	61	8.2
2000-2001	Rangers	50	4	8	12	-10	31	0	0	2	46	8.7
2001-2002	Rangers	56	7	6	13	-1	42	0	1	1	41	17.1
2001-2002	Stars	16	1	0	1	-3	5	0	0	0	19	5.3
2001-2002	Canada-WC-A	7	0	0	0		4
2002-2003	Stars	59	3	7	10	-2	42	0	0	1	62	4.8
2003-2004	Stars	9	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	4	0.0
2003-2004	Blue Jackets	56	12	13	25	-5	24	1	0	2	103	11.7
2004-2005	ZM Olimpija Ljubljana-Slovenia	13	6	7	13		20
2004-2005	ZM Olimpija Ljubljana-Interliga	13	7	7	14		16
2004-2005	HV 71 Jonkoping-Sweden	20	5	2	7		16
2005-2006	Blue Jackets	58	10	21	31	1	41	1	1	0	102	9.8
2006-2007	Blue Jackets	82	9	16	25	-8	76	2	0	3	109	8.3
2007-2008	Blue Jackets	71	11	18	29	-3	34	2	0	2	112	9.8
2008-2009	Blue Jackets	77	11	24	35	9	28	0	0	3	116	9.5
2009-2010	Sharks	71	14	19	33	17	41	2	0	4	111	12.6
	NHL Totals	705	90	140	230	-15	385	9	2	20	904	10.0

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1996-1997	Guelph Storm-OHL	18	7	7	14		11
1997-1998	Guelph Storm-OHL	12	7	6	13		8
1999-2000	Guelph Storm-OHL	6	0	2	2		4	0	0	0
1999-2000	Hartford Wolf Pack-AHL	23	1	2	3		10	0	0	0
2000-2001	Hartford Wolf Pack-AHL	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
2002-2003	Stars	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
2008-2009	Blue Jackets	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
2009-2010	Sharks	15	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	37	2.7
	NHL Totals	24	2	0	2	-2	0	1	0	0	44	4.5

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