David Cullen (ice hockey)

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

David Cullen
Born (1976-12-30) December 30, 1976
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 19992010

Playing career

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

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

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 University of Maine HE 3424622
1996–97 University of Maine HE 35525308
1997–98 University of Maine HE 3610273724
1998–99 University of Maine HE 4111334424
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 7810213157 20002
2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 6913294240
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 20000
2001–02 Springfield Falcons AHL 151454
2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 140006
2001–02 Houston Aeros AHL 38515204 130666
2001–02 Minnesota Wild NHL 30000
2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 722272942 2334714
2003–04 Rochester Americans AHL 7512354726 161456
2004–05 Rochester Americans AHL 432192125 92354
2005–06 Rochester Americans AHL 685283372
2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL 514151973 91232
2007–08 Färjestads BK SEL 1804422
2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 39381142 111458
NHL totals 190006

References

  1. "David Cullen Hockey". davidcullenhockey.com/. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.


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