Throughout his 15-year professional career, Moran played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

[citation needed] After graduating high school, Moran went to Boston College with a full ice hockey scholarship.

In 433 career regular season games with the Penguins, Moran tallied 19 goals, 44 assists, and 281 penalty minutes.

[5] During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Moran had spells in the Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan for Bofors IK and the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League for the Nottingham Panthers, however he was sidelined most of the year with a knee injury.

Moran only played one game with the Ducks as he split the season with the American Hockey League with the Portland Pirates and then in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for Eisbären Berlin in Germany.