Former Penguin Ryan Malone spent the summer helping to coach a team in Da Beauty League in Minnesota, never imagining for a second that it would lead to a possible NHL comeback.
But when his team, listed on the league’s website only as RBC, was short players a few weeks ago, Malone volunteered to fill in.
“I caught myself by surprise,” Malone said.
And so, as a result, Malone caught pretty much everyone else by surprise when he signed a professional tryout deal with the Minnesota Wild last week.
Malone, an Upper St.