Grant Mulvey

Grant Mulvey
Date of birth	17th September 1956
place of birth	Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
size	190 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1974 , 1st lap, 16th position Chicago Black Hawks
Career stations
1972-1973	Penticton Broncos
1973-1974	Calgary Centennials
1974-1983	Chicago Black Hawks
1983-1984	New Jersey Devils Maine Mariners

Grant Michael Mulvey (born September 17, 1956 in Sudbury , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and official who played 628 games for the Chicago Black Hawks and New Jersey Devils in the course of his active career between 1972 and 1984, among others of the National Hockey League on the position of the right winger . Mulvey, whose younger brother Paul was also a professional ice hockey player, celebrated his greatest success at the end of his career in the service of the Maine Marinerswith whom he won the Calder Cup in 1984 .

Career

Mulvey first spent his junior years between 1972 and 1973 with the Penticton Broncos British Columbia Junior Hockey League . After an impressive season with 85 scorer points from 55 games and the election to the Second All-Star Team of the league, he moved to the Calgary Centennials in the Western Canada Hockey League for the following season . There, too, the winger knew how to convince, and so he was selected in the first round in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft by the Chicago Black Hawks from the National Hockey League in 16th place .

The first round pick of the Black Hawks earned a place in the team's squad for the 1974/75 season . However, the 18-year-old only achieved eleven points scorer in his rookie game year, but improved over the following four years and always scored around 30 times per season. However, the striker had his best season in the 1979/80 season , when he scored 65 points - including 39 goals - in Chicago's dress. Mulvey remained a total of nine game years in the "Windy City" . Due to a protracted knee injury, he missed most of the 1982/83 season , in which he completed only three games for the Black Hawks.

This should also have been his last games for Chicago, as he was selected shortly before the start of the 1983/84 season by the New Jersey Devils on the waiver list . For the Devils, the Canadian played another twelve NHL games during the season, but spent most of the season with the farm team , Maine Mariners , in the American Hockey League . With these he won the Calder Cup at the end of his career, as the 33-year-old declared his active career over in the summer of 1984.

After a hiatus of several years, Mulvey returned to the ice hockey business in the mid-1990s. For the 1994/95 season he was introduced as President and General Manager of the Chicago Wolves from the International Hockey League . He filled this post for a total of three years. In addition, he took over the post of head coach from the 1995/96 season . His terms of office ended in March 1996 when he left all offices shortly before the end of the season.

Achievements and Awards

• 1973 BCJHL Second All-Star Team
• 1984 Calder Cup win with the Maine Mariners

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1972/73	Penticton Broncos	BCJHL		55	42	43	85	120		-	-	-	-	-
1973/74	Calgary Centennials	WCHL		68	31	31	62	192		14th	4th	6th	10	55
1974/75	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		74	7th	4th	11	36		6th	2	0	2	6th
1975/76	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		64	11	17th	28	72		4th	0	0	0	2
1976/77	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		80	10	14th	24	111		2	1	0	1	2
1977/78	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		78	14th	24	38	135		4th	2	2	4th	0
1978/79	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		80	19th	15th	34	99		1	0	0	0	2
1979/80	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		80	39	26th	65	122		7th	1	1	2	8th
1980/81	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		42	18th	14th	32	81		3	0	0	0	0
1981/82	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		73	30th	19th	49	141		15th	4th	2	6th	50
1982/83	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1982/83	Springfield Indians	AHL		5	0	2	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	New Jersey Devils	NHL		12	1	2	3	19th		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	Maine Mariners	AHL		29	6th	8th	14th	49		16	5	2	7th	39
AHL total				34	6th	10	16	53		16	5	2	7th	39
NHL overall				586	149	135	284	816		42	10	5	15th	70

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Grant Mulvey at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Grant Mulvey at eliteprospects.com (English)