Jeff Malott

Nationality

Canada

Born

1996-08-07

Height

6 ft 3 in (191 cm)

Weight

201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)

Jeffrey Turner Malott (born August 7, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played college ice hockey for Cornell University. Early life Malott was born on August 7, 1996, in Burlington, Ontario, to Murray and Anne Malott. He was raised in Waterdown, Ontario, just outside of Hamilton, and grew up playing ice hockey, soccer, and basketball. He began playing junior ice hockey with the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League for the 2013–14 season, scoring 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points in 48 regular-season games. The Corvairs captured the Sutherland Cup Championship that season, with Malott adding seven goals and 11 assists in 26 postseason games. The Corvairs also won the regular-season championship after the St. Catherines Falcons were docked two points for a rules violation. From there, he spent two seasons in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with the Brooks Bandits. During the 2015–16 season, Malott, who served as an alternate captain for the Bandits, scored 25 goals and 60 points in 46 games and helped his team win the AJHL championship and qualify for the RBC Cup.