Colorado Avalanche
Avs sign North Dakota's Malone to minor league deal
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 10:53 PM by Lee Douglas
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Brad Malone to an entry-level contract after he finished up his senior season at North Dakota.
Malone will join the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League for the start of the playoffs.
A fourth-round pick in 2007, Malone is coming off a season in which he helped the Fighting Sioux to the NCAA Frozen Four. He had 40 points and a team-high 108 penalty minutes in 43 contests.
Malone, 21, also delivered the crushing check in an Oct. 30 game at North Dakota that left University of Denver's Jesse Martin with a broken neck.
Hockey runs in Malone's family as his uncle, Greg, suited up for 11 seasons in the NHL, while his cousin, Ryan, plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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