Malcolm Cameron (born August 30, 1969) is a

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professional

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coach. He coached several

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teams, including the

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, Texas Wildcatters,

Florida Everblades The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (N ...

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, and

Wichita Thunder The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014, and then in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season. From 1992 until December 2009, the Thunder played in ...

. Cameron was also the head coach of the

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in the

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. In the ECHL, he is fifth in wins (401) and fifth in games coached (771) as of the

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Early life

Born in Cole Harbour,

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, Cameron played ice hockey with Dalhousie Tigers at Dalhousie University and

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Career

Cameron played five seasons of professional hockey for several minor league teams. Cameron then joined the coaching ranks as an assistant with the

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of the

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. Malcolm led two ECHL teams to significant turnarounds, which rank seventh and eighth-best for improving a team from one year to the next in ECHL history. In the 2004–05 season, he took over as head coach for the Long Beach Ice Dogs and guided them to a 43–20–9 record and a 44-point improvement. Cameron later took over as the bench boss of the Texas Wildcatters for the 2006–07 season and led them to a 41–22–9 record and 46-point improvement. In the 2007–08 season, he set an ECHL record for fewest regulation losses in a season, going 52–9–11 and recorded 115 points, which is tied for second-most in league history. After the

fired Cameron following the 2010–11 season, Cameron joined the

as an assistant coach for the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. He was promoted to head coach the following season, winning the WHL’s East Division regular season title with a record of 39–26-4-3. He was released after one season in 2014. In 2016, Cameron returned to the ECHL with the

as head coach. He left after three seasons, a 84–105–27 record, and one playoff appearance. After spells coaching in Italy with SV Kaltern and in Romania with Gyergyói HK, Cameron was appointed as the new head coach and head of hockey operations at Scottish EIHL side Glasgow Clan in July 2021. However, after failing to win any of the first 16 league and cup games of the 2022-23 season, Cameron and Glasgow parted ways in October 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Malcolm 1969 births Living people Canadian ice hockey coaches People from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia Regina Pats coaches Ice hockey people from Halifax, Nova Scotia