Ken Mallen

William Kenneth Russell Mallen (October 4, 1884 – April 23, 1930) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He won two Stanley Cups in his career, in 1910 with the Ottawa Senators, and in 1915 with the Vancouver Millionaires. Mallen played over 150 games in his career.

Ken Mallen
Ken Mallen with the New Westminster Royals in 1912.
Born (1884-10-04)October 4, 1884
Morrisburg, Ontario
Died April 23, 1930(1930-04-23) (aged 45)
Morrisburg, Ontario
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Left
Played for Cornwall Kolts
Montreal Wanderers
Calumet Miners
Morrisburg Athletics
Toronto Professionals
Montreal AAA
Pittsburgh Athletic Club
Renfrew Creamery Kings
Ottawa Senators
Quebec Bulldogs
New Westminster Royals
Vancouver Millionaires
Victoria Aristocrats
Spokane Canaries
Playing career 19031917

Playing career

Ken Mallen, bottom right, with the 1904–05 Calumet Miners.

Born in Morrisburg, Ontario, Mallen played one season with Cornwall of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) before turning professional with the Calumet Miners of the International Professional Hockey League (IPHL) in 1904. His first season, he scored 38 goals in 24 games to establish a goal-scorer's reputation. He left the IPHL because of the rough play in December 1905, returning to the FAHL, although he returned to Calumet for one final season in 1907.

Mallen played in 1907–08 with Toronto of the Ontario Professional Hockey League and the Montreal Hockey Club, then played another season in the United States for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL). Mallen continued his team-hopping ways, playing in Ottawa from December 1909 until December 1910, then the Quebec Bulldogs in 1910–11, before moving out west to play in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), where he played three seasons with the New Westminster Royals, one with the Vancouver Millionaires, one with the Victoria Aristocrats and one with the Spokane Canaries before retiring in 1917.

His older brother Jim Mallen was also a professional ice hockey player and the two brothers played on the same Calumet Miners team in the 1905–06 and 1906–07 seasons.

Playing style

Ken Mallen was known as one of the speediest players of his era and he was also a capable goal scorer.[1] During the 1912–13 PCHA season Mallen won a speed skating contest against fellow PCHA players Moose Johnson, Si Griffis and Cyclone Taylor, all of them considered to be among the quickest players in the game at the time.[2] Mallen played both as a winger and as a rover during his career.

Post career

After retiring from hockey, Mallen worked as a referee and a skating instructor, teaching speed-skating in Ottawa and skating for the London, Ontario Skating Club.

Statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1904 Cornwall Hockey Club FAHL 49090
1904 Montreal Wanderers FAHL 21020 11010
1904–05 Calumet Miners IPHL 24380388
1905–06 Calumet Miners IPHL 54047
1906–07 Calumet Miners IPHL 111321512
1906–07 Morrisburg Athletics FAHL 56066
1907–08 Toronto Professionals OPHL 32020
1907–08 Montreal AAA ECAHA 7100108
1908–09 Pittsburgh Athletic Club WPHL 1012012
1908–09 Renfrew Creamery Kings FAHL 34042
1909–10 Ottawa Senators CHA 12020
1910 Ottawa Senators NHA 12023
1910–11 Quebec Bulldogs NHA 121301315
1912 New Westminster Royals PCHA 131401430
1912–13 New Westminster Royals PCHA 1043728
1913–14 New Westminster Royals PCHA 162062646
1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires PCHA 14951445
1914–15 Vancouver Millionaires St-Cup 20000
1915–16 Victoria Aristocrats PCHA 18751231
1916–17 Spokane Canaries PCHA 231031324
IPHL totals 405525727
PCHA totals 94642286204
NHA totals 131501518

References

Bibliography

  • Bowlsby, Craig H. (2012), Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 1911–1926, Vancouver: Knights of Winter, ISBN 978-0-9691705-6-3

Notes

  1. Bowlsby, p. 12
  2. Bowlsby, p. 39
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