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David Cullen (ice hockey)

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David Cullen
Cullen with the Rochester Americans in 2004
Born (1976-12-30) December 30, 1976 (age 47)
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)
Minnesota Wild (NHL)
DEG Metro Stars (DEL)
Färjestads BK (SEL)
Graz 99ers (EBEL)
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1999–2010

David Cullen (born December 30, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He attended Medaille College between 2010 and 2011, earning a master's degree in Education.[1]

Playing career

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Cullen played 16 games in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes who signed him as an undrafted free-agent in 1999, scoring no points and collecting 6 penalty minutes. He mainly played for the Coyotes' AHL affiliate the Springfield Falcons.

On January 4, 2002, Cullen was traded to the Minnesota Wild for Sébastien Bordeleau and played 3 games for the Wild scoring no points and no penalty minutes as he spent most of his time again in the AHL, this time with the Houston Aeros. After 2 seasons in the Wild organization, he spent a further 3 seasons in the AHL with the Rochester Americans before moving to Europe in 2006, playing in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the DEG Metro Stars, and in August 2007 he signed with the Swedish team Färjestads BK. But only after four months with Färjestad he and the club decided to terminate the contract and Cullen left the team. Cullen spent the rest of the year with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL.

On July 6, 2008, Cullen signed a contract with Austrian team, Graz 99ers.

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-Hockey East First Team 1998–99
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1998–99
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1999 [2]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 University of Maine HE 34 2 4 6 22
1996–97 University of Maine HE 35 5 25 30 8
1997–98 University of Maine HE 36 10 27 37 24
1998–99 University of Maine HE 41 11 33 44 24
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 78 10 21 31 57 2 0 0 0 2
2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 69 13 29 42 40
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 2 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Springfield Falcons AHL 15 1 4 5 4
2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 14 0 0 0 6
2001–02 Houston Aeros AHL 38 5 15 20 4 13 0 6 6 6
2001–02 Minnesota Wild NHL 3 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 72 2 27 29 42 23 3 4 7 14
2003–04 Rochester Americans AHL 75 12 35 47 26 16 1 4 5 6
2004–05 Rochester Americans AHL 43 2 19 21 25 9 2 3 5 4
2005–06 Rochester Americans AHL 68 5 28 33 72
2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL 51 4 15 19 73 9 1 2 3 2
2007–08 Färjestads BK SEL 18 0 4 4 22
2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 39 3 8 11 42 11 1 4 5 8
NHL totals 19 0 0 0 6

References

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  1. ^ "David Cullen Hockey". davidcullenhockey.com/. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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