
What makes new Rangers prospect Malcolm Spence stand out: ‘He goes to hard areas’
NY Post
It was overtime in the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Canada and the Czech Republic were battling deep into overtime.
With just 11 seconds left, Canadian winger Malcolm Spence swiped the puck away from the two Czech defenders and closed in one-on-one on the goalie.
Spence danced toward the left of the cage, making the goalie lunge out of position and expose the open goal. Spence did not miss, slotting home the gold-medal-winning goal in the under-18 tournament.
“He’s got a very, very good stick,” said Kris Mallete, Spence’s coach this past season with the OHL Erie Otters, who first watched Spence play in that international final. “It enables him to break up a lot of plays. It’s a little sneaky.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












