Terrence M. "Terry" O'Malley (born October 21, 1940, in

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) is a Canadian retired

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player, currently serving as an assistant coach to the

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team of the

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, a position he has held since 2006. He is an Olympian who represented Canada at three Winter Olympics (1964, 1968 and 1980), winning a bronze medal in 1968. A long-time coach for a variety of Notre Dame Hounds' bantam and midget hockey teams at the

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, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.

Career

O'Malley played high school and

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at Toronto's St. Michael's College, winning a Memorial Cup Championship in 1961 under the coaching of Father David Bauer. After the team's Memorial Cup run, Father Bauer became the head coach of the

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men's ice hockey team, the UBC Thunderbirds. For the 1962–1963 season, O'Malley, along with Ken Broderick, Dave Chambers, and

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enrolled at the University of British Columbia where they played for the UBC Thunderbirds. In 1962, he joined the National and Olympic hockey university programs initiated by Father David Bauer in Vancouver, as well as when it moved to Winnipeg in the fall of 1964. His career development centered on education and International hockey including seven years with the Japan Hockey League. He also was head coach of the hockey team at the University of British Columbia. Following his hockey career, he was recruited by Martin Kenney Sr. along with fellow-Olympian Barry MacKenzie to join the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. He was named the College's President in 2003, a position he held until 2006. A defensive defenseman, he represented Canada on both Olympic and Canadian National teams from

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to 1970, and again in

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. In

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he was captain of Team Canada and in

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he won a bronze medal at the

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in Grenoble, France. O'Malley was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.

Personal life

O'Malley earned a

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and master's degree in Canadian history from the

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. He later earned a Ph.D. in Sacred Letters from Saint Mark's College in British Columbia.

References

External links

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IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame

Bio from University of Regina

Terry O'Malley's bio on Legends of Hockey

Government of Canada - Citizenship Judge Profile
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