Paul Malone Gardner (born March 5, 1956) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and a former centre, who most recently coached at Löwen Frankfurt in Germany. Paul Gardner is the son of former National Hockey League (NHL) player Cal Gardner and the younger brother of Dave Gardner. Paul was born in Fort Erie, Ontario while his father Cal was playing with the Boston Bruins. Playing career As a youth, Gardner played in the 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Leaside. Drafted in 1976 by the Kansas City Scouts of the National Hockey League, he never got an opportunity to play for them - that same year, the Scouts franchise moved to Denver and was re-named the Colorado Rockies. Colorado Rockies Gardner, who had also been drafted by the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association, opted to pursue NHL opportunities and turned pro with the Rockies farm team the Rhode Island Reds. The bulk of his rookie pro season was spent in the National Hockey League, however, where he scored an impressive thirty goals and 59 points in sixty games. He finished second on the club in both goals and points and managed thirty more goals (in just 46 games) during his second year in the league. Despite the prolific start to his NHL career, Colorado traded him midway through his third season to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who had been rumored to be targeting Gardner prior to the March 15, 1979 NHL trade deadline. Toronto Maple Leafs Coming to Toronto meant Paul would suit up for the same team his father Cal had played four seasons with. Paul's brother, Dave, who also had a 350 game NHL career, spent two very productive years in Toronto himself, though in this case with the OHA's Toronto Marlboros. Paul, however, did not have as many good hockey memories in the city. He started well after the trade scoring 7-goals and 9-points in 11-games with the Leafs to finish the season. However the following year he struggled with just 11-goals in 45 games and ended up the lowly Leafs. After failing to make the roster to start the 1980-81 season, the Maple Leafs dealt Gardner, along with Dave Burrows to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Paul Marshall and Kim Davis. Pittsburgh Penguins In Pittsburgh Gardner rediscovered his scoring touch reeling off seasons of 34,