{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = Shay Maloney.jpg | alt = | caption = Maloney with the Boston Fleet in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|01|13}} | birth_place = McHenry, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = | position = Forward | shoots = Right | league = PWHL | team = Boston Fleet | former_teams = Leksands IF | sex = f | ntl_team = | career_start = 2023 | medaltemplates = }} '''Shay Maloney''' (born January 13, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Brown and Quinnipiac and for Leksands IF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).
== Playing career == === College === Maloney played at Brown University from 2018 to 2022 and served as captain for the 2021–22 season. The 2020–21 season was canceled due to COVID-19. She was named the team's most valuable player in all three of her seasons. Her senior year, she scored a then-career-high of 19 points and earned an Honorable Mention All-Ivy.<ref name="brown20240610">{{Cite web |date=10 June 2024 |title=Women's Hockey Alum Shay Maloney Selected by Boston in PWHL Draft |url=https://brownbears.com/news/2024/6/10/womens-ice-hockey-womens-hockey-alum-shay-maloney-selected-by-boston-in-pwhl-draft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611165514/https://brownbears.com/news/2024/6/10/womens-ice-hockey-womens-hockey-alum-shay-maloney-selected-by-boston-in-pwhl-draft |archive-date=11 June 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=Brown University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
She played her final year of eligibility at Quinnipiac, where she scored a career-high 15 goals and 31 points in forty games, second on the team. Quinnipiac awarded her the Most Valuable Player award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2023 |title=Maloney Signs with Leksands IF |url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2023/5/15/womens-ice-hockey-maloney-signs-with-leksands-if.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529004803/https://gobobcats.com/news/2023/5/15/womens-ice-hockey-maloney-signs-with-leksands-if.aspx |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=Quinnipiac University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
=== Professional === After college, Maloney played for Leksands IF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League. She scored twenty points in thirty-six games for the Swedish club in her first season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johanson |first=Ryan |date=10 June 2024 |title=Former Bobcat Shay Maloney drafted 34th overall to PWHL Boston |url=https://quchronicle.com/87120/sports/former-bobcat-shay-maloney-drafted-34th-overall-to-pwhl-boston/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927021438/https://quchronicle.com/87120/sports/former-bobcat-shay-maloney-drafted-34th-overall-to-pwhl-boston/ |archive-date=27 September 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=The Quinnipiac Chronicle}}</ref> Playing in Sweden, Maloney experienced checking as an adult for the first time and improved her physical game.<ref name="patel20240704">{{Cite news |last=Patel |first=Chloe |date=4 July 2024 |title=Next step for ex-Bear Shay Maloney — a chance to skate for PHWL Boston |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2024/07/04/former-brown-hockey-player-shay-maloney-anxious-to-start-pro-career/74248291007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704163550/https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2024/07/04/former-brown-hockey-player-shay-maloney-anxious-to-start-pro-career/74248291007/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=The Providence Journal}}</ref>
Maloney was selected in the sixth round, 34th overall, by the Boston Fleet in the 2024 PWHL Draft. She was the first Brown alumni to be drafted into the PWHL.<ref name="brown20240610" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2024 |title=BOSTON FLEET ANNOUNCE 2024-25 ROSTER |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/november/29/boston-fleet-announce-2024-25-roster |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201142242/https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/november/29/boston-fleet-announce-2024-25-roster |archive-date=1 December 2024 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=The PWHL}}</ref> During the 2024–25 season, she recorded three goals and six assists in 30 games. On July 14, 2025, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Fleet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/july/14/fleet-re-sign-forward-shay-maloney |title=Fleet re-sign forward Shay Maloney |website=thepwhl.cocm |date=July 14, 2025 |access-date=July 14, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Maloney played in youth boys hockey leagues from ages 4 to 14. Her older brother Michael also played hockey and competed for the Brown men's hockey team while Maloney was on the women's team.<ref name="patel20240704" />
== Career statistics == {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- |2018–19 |Brown University |ECAC |28 |7 |11 |18 |18 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2019–20 |Brown University |ECAC |29 |6 |6 |12 |10 | — | — | — | — | — |- |2021–22 |Brown University |ECAC |29 |11 |8 |19 |6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2022–23 |Quinnipiac University |ECAC |34 |5 |16 |21 |12 | — | — | — | — | — |- |2023–24 |Leksands IF |SDHL |36 |9 |11 |20 |14 |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |2024–25 |Leksands IF |SDHL |14 |1 |0 |1 |10 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2024–25 |Boston Fleet |PWHL |30 |3 |6 |9 |8 | — | — | — | — | — |- |2025–26 |Boston Fleet |PWHL |30 |3 |4 |7 |10 |4 |1 |1 |2 |0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |SDHL totals !50 !10 !11 !21 !24 !3 !0 !0 !0 !0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |PWHL totals !60 !6 !10 !16 !18 !4 !1 !1 !2 !0 |}
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{ice hockey stats}}
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