David Cullen (ice hockey)

David Cullen
Born	December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30) (age 34) St. Catharines, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
EBEL team Former teams	Graz 99ers(retierd) Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) Minnesota Wild (NHL) DEG Metro Stars (DEL) Färjestads BK (SEL)
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1999–present

David Cullen (born December 30, 1976 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. currently 2010/6/3 he went to a teachers collage.

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

• 1998–99 HE First All-Star team
• 1998–99 NCAA Championship All-Tournament team
• 1998–99 NCAA East First All-American team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	U. of Maine	HE		34	2	4	6	22		--	--	--	--	--
1996–97	U. of Maine	HE		35	5	25	30	8		--	--	--	--	--
1997–98	U. of Maine	HE		36	10	27	37	24		--	--	--	--	--
1998–99	U. 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

External links

• David Cullen's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
Name	Cullen, David
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	December 30, 1976
Place of birth	St. Catharines, ON, CAN
Date of death
Place of death