| David Cullen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cullen with the Rochester Americans in 2004 | |||
| Born |
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 | 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
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 | 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
- ↑ "David Cullen Hockey". davidcullenhockey.com/. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database