Gore rakatevera racho, Malhotra akatumidzwa kunhengo yechikwata chenyika cheCanada chevanhu vari pasi pemakore 20 nokuda kweWorld Junior Championships ya1998, yakaitirwa muFinland. Akanga ari wechipiri-muduku mutambi pachikwata, shure kwaVincent Lecavalier. Malhotra akanga asina maturo mumitambo minomwe sezvo Canada yakakundwa mu quarter-finals neRussia, 2<unk>1. Gore rakatevera, akanga asingawanikwi kumakwikwi sezvo akanga achitamba muNHL neRangers. Zvisinei, muna 2000
, akakweretwa kuChikwata cheCanada nesangano reRangers, sezvo aive achiri kukodzera semudiki. Achibatira somutungamiriri wechikwata, akawana maassist maviri mumitambo minomwe mumutambo, wakaitirwa muSweden. Canada yakawana menduru yendarira, ichikunda United States 4<unk>3 mukubudirana pfuti.