Joe Cullen (ice hockey player)

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Joe Cullen
Date of birth February 14, 1981
place of birth Moorhead , Minnesota , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
number # 23
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 7th lap, 211th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1998-1999 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
1999-2003 Colorado College
2003-2004 Toronto Roadrunners
2004-2005 Edmonton Road Runners
San Antonio Rampage
2005-2006 Binghamton Senators
2006-2007 Dayton Bombers
2007-2008 SC Riessersee
2008-2010 SG Cortina
2010-2013 HC Pustertal
2013-2014 Braehead clan

Joe Cullen (born February 14, 1981 in Moorhead , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who last played for the Braehead Clan in the EIHL . His brothers Matt and Mark are also ice hockey players.

Career

Joe Cullen began his career as a hockey player in 1998 in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , which was a team in the United States Hockey League . In the summer of 1999 he began studying at Colorado College , which at that time was participating with a team in the NCAA championship. In 2003 he finished his studies and got his first professional contract with the Toronto Roadrunners from the American Hockey League , the farm team of the Edmonton Oilers , who had selected him in the NHL Entry Draft . In the summer of 2004, the Roadrunners were relocated from Toronto to Edmonton and Joe Cullen began the following season with the Edmonton Road Runners . In the middle of the 2004/05 season he was given over to league rivals San Antonio Rampage .

In the summer of 2005, Cullen signed a one-year contract with the Binghamton Senators , again from the AHL. Before the 2006/07 season he moved to the ECHL for the Dayton Bombers . In the same year he came to work with their partner team from the AHL, the Syracuse Crunch . After the season he went to Europe and was signed by SC Riessersee from the second Bundesliga .

In summer 2008 the center switched to SG Cortina from the Italian A1 series . He played there for two years before being signed by HC Pustertal from the same league in August 2010 . At the beginning of May 2011, his contract with HC Pustertal was extended for one year.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2002/03: Best Defensive Player of the Year from the NCAA
  • 2011 winner of Coppa Italia with HC Pustertal
  • 2011 runner-up in the A1 series with HC Pustertal
  • 2012 runner-up in the A1 series with HC Pustertal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Cullen and Nate DiCasmirro stay with HC Pustertal , accessed on May 2, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Cullen, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Moorhead , Minnesota