Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in May of 1996 ... parents are Patrick and Donna … has two older siblings – Megan and Natalie … father Patrick played football for Northern Illinois ... graduated from Dubuque Senior High School … major is economics
2018–19 / Senior Season
Alternate captain... shared the team scoring lead with eight goals and 26 points... averaged a team-high .49 assists and .70 points a game.. became the 74th Badger to tally 100 career points with an assist against Michigan on March 1... shared second on the team in power play points with eight... tallied 84 shots on goal... tallied the game-winning assist against St. Lawrence on Oct. 20... recorded five multi-point performances... enjoyed three three-game point streaks this season... matched his career-high three points in a game twice, scoring a goal and two assists against St. Lawrence on Oct. 20 and a goal and two assists against Michigan Tech on Oct. 27... was a season-high plus-three against Penn State on Dec. 1... tallied two goals and three points from Oct. 20-Nov. 2... tallied two goals and four points from Dec. 7-Jan. 4, 2019... notched an assist in all three games of the Big Ten Tournament first round against Penn State March 8-10... tallied a goal and an assist against Denver on Jan. 4... tallied two assists against Michigan on March 1
2017–18 / Junior Season
Alternate captain ... scored 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists … led the Badgers with three game-winning goals … had a six-game point streak from Oct. 13-28, notching four goals and two assists … had five multi-point outings … Wisconsin was 12-4-1 when he scored at least one point … earned the Big Ten Third Star of the Week after a four-point performance against Mercyhurst, Nov. 25-26, scoring a goal in each game and adding two assists in the 4-2 win on Saturday … scored back-to-back game-winning goals against Boston College and Merrimack, Oct. 13-14 … notched a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win over Michigan State on Jan. 13 … scored a goal and an assist in the Badgers’ 5-0 victory at the United Center over then-No. 1 Notre Dame on Jan. 21 … dished out the game-winning assist, and scored a goal, in UW’s 4-2 win over Penn State on Jan. 26 … assisted the game-tying goal in a 4-4 draw with Penn State on Jan. 27, a game UW took in the shootout … had two assists in Wisconsin’s 6-5 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on March 2 ... awarded the Jim Santulli 7th Man Award
2016–17 / Sophomore Season
Registered multiple points on six occasions, including a three-point effort against Northern Michigan on Oct. 8 ... scored a power-play goal and dished out two helpers against the Wildcats ... scored two goals against then-No. 2 Denver ... earned Big Ten First Star of the Week on Jan. 10 after his weekend at Michigan State, tallying a goal and two assists for a +3 rating in the series ... assisted the game-winning goal against Ohio State on March 17 in the Big Ten Tournament ... led all Badgers with 11 power-play assists ... fourth on the team with 29 points (10 goals, 19 assists)
2015–16 / Freshman Season
Saw his season-high five-game point scoring streak come to a close in a 2-1 loss to Penn State on March 4, a streak which was tied for the second longest by a Badger this year ... sixth in scoring for Big Ten freshman with his 25 points, and second among Big Ten rookies with 20 assists, which is tied for seventh overall in the conference ... also has recorded 10 power play points, tied for second most among rookies in the conference ... his assist total is second-most on the club, while his six multi-point games place him in a tie for third on UW ... ended a 10-game stretch without a goal when he struck for the lone tally against Michigan State on Feb. 20 in a 3-1 defeat ... completed career-best four-point weekend against Alaska on Jan. 29-30 with two assists in each game ... also had three separate three-point weekends, with his most recent coming against Ohio State on Feb. 26-27 with a goal in the series opener and two assists the next night. His other three-point weekends were against Northern Michigan (Oct. 9-10) and Arizona State (Oct. 30-31) ... put up a pair of assists at Michigan (Dec. 5), including setting up game-tying goal in the 6-6 tie ... tallied game-winning goal in UW’s 2-1 win over Arizona State on Oct. 31, giving him his second multi-point game of his career ... netted first career goal at Ferris State (Oct. 23) in UW’s 5-5 tie ... posted an assist on both UW goals in season opener vs. Northern Michigan (Oct. 9), making him the first freshman since Joseph LaBate had a goal and an assist on Oct. 7, 2011 against Northern Michigan to open a season with a two-point game ... Malone had an assist in the second game of the year on Oct. 10, making him the first UW freshman since Grant Besse (Oct. 11-12, 2013) to tally points in the first two games of his career
Before Malone was a BadgerPlayed three seasons in the USHL with the Dubuque Fighting Saints ... led Dubuque with 58 points in 58 games during the 2014–15 season, ranking 11th in the USHL ... ranked 14th in the league with his 26 goals ... added four goals and 10 points in eight playoff games ... played in the 2014 World Junior A Challenge with the U.S. Select Team, scoring a goal in four games ... led Dubuque during 2013–14 with 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists in 55 games played ... also paced the team with nine points in seven playoff games ... won bronze medal at 2013 Junior Club World Cup, scoring two goals and an assist in four games in Russia ... played in the 2013 USA Hockey/CCM All-American Prospects game ... tallied six goals and 27 points in 50 games during 2012–13 season for Dubuque ... team won Clark Cup as USHL champions ... competed for U.S. U-17 Team at the 2013 Five Nations Tournament in Finland, recording four points in four games, and also the 2012 Five Nations Tournament in Czech Republic, scoring two goals and an assist in four games
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 2, last at Denver, 11/26/16
Assists: 2 (13x), last vs. Michigan, 3/1/19
Points: 3 (4x); last vs. Michigan Tech, 10/27/18
Point Streak: 6 (2x); last 10/13-28/17
Multi-point Games: 22
Overtime Goals: None
SERIES
Goals: 2, vs. Mercyhurst, 11/25-26/17
Assists: 4, vs. Alaska, 1/29-30/16
Points: 4 (3x); last vs. Michigan Tech 10/26-27/18
