Matt Cullen

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Matt Cullen
Date of birth 2nd November 1976
place of birth Virginia , Minnesota , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 2nd round, 35th position
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
1995-1997 St. Cloud State University
1997-2003 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2003-2004 Florida panthers
2004-2005 SG Cortina
2005-2006 Carolina Hurricanes
2006-2007 New York Rangers
2007-2010 Carolina Hurricanes
2010 Ottawa Senators
2010-2013 Minnesota Wild
2013-2015 Nashville Predators
2015-2017 Pittsburgh Penguins
2017-2018 Minnesota Wild
2018-2019 Pittsburgh Penguins

Matthew David "Matt" Cullen (born November 2, 1976 in Virginia , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player who played 1648 games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Florida Panthers , Carolina between 1995 and 2019 Hurricanes , New York Rangers , Ottawa Senators , Minnesota Wild , Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League on the position of the center . During his 21 seasons in the NHL, Cullen won the Stanley Cup three times  - in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes and in 2016 and 2017 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. His brothers Mark and Joe were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Cullen celebrates with the Stanley Cup (2017)

Cullen studied at St. Cloud State University during his junior years and played with Mark Parrish for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Due to his good performance, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim became aware of him and secured the rights to him in the second round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in 35th place.

After another year at the university with a short detour to the Baltimore Bandits in the American Hockey League , he was in the squad of the Mighty Ducks from the 1997/98 season . In the second row he developed into a decent playmaker. End of January 2003 gave the Ducks their hitherto fourth best scorer in club history to the Florida Panthers off to Sandis Ozoliņš to commit. He was with the Panthers until the end of the 2003/04 season . After the end of the season he played for his home country for the fourth time after 1998 , 1999 and 2003 at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2004 and won the bronze medal.

In August 2004 he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes , but the season was canceled due to a strike and so he bridged the time in Italy with SG Cortina . Cullen was both in the main round and in the playoffs top scorer of the league and led the team to the runner-up. For the 2005/06 season he was finally able to play for Carolina and won the Stanley Cup with the team . In the decisive game he contributed two assists. With his 18 points, he made it to the top ten scorers in the playoffs. As a free agent , he signed a four-year contract with the New York Rangers for the following season . Here he played one season before being transferred back to the Carolina Hurricanes in the summer of 2007. Since then he has been one of the most successful scorers again. On July 1, 2010, he signed a three-year contract with the Minnesota Wild .

In July 2013, Cullen signed a two-year deal worth $ 7 million with the Nashville Predators . The Pittsburgh Penguins then signed him for a year in August 2015. Ten years after winning the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes, he was able to repeat this success in the 2015/16 seasons and - after another contract extension - in 2016/17 with the Penguins. In August 2017, the now 40-year-old center returned to the Minnesota Wild as a free agent, before joining the Pittsburgh Penguins again the following year, also as a free agent. After the 2018/19 season , Cullen announced the end of his playing career in July 2019 at the age of 42. During his 21 seasons in the league, he completed a total of 1648 games. With 1516 disputed games in the regular season, he finished 19th in these statistics at the time of his retirement.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1996 WCHA All-Rookie Team
  • 1997 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 1998 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2005 top scorer in the series A1 main round
  • 2005 top scorer in the series A1 main round

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 St. Cloud State University NCAA 39 12 29 41 28
1996/97 St. Cloud State University NCAA 36 15th 30th 45 70
1996/97 Baltimore Bandits AHL 6th 3 3 6th 7th 3 0 2 2 0
1997/98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 18th 15th 12 27 2 - - - - -
1997/98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 61 6th 21st 27 23 - - - - -
1998/99 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 3 1 2 3 8th - - - - -
1998/99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 75 11 14th 25th 47 4th 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 80 13 26th 39 24 - - - - -
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 82 10 30th 40 38 - - - - -
2001/02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 18th 30th 48 24 - - - - -
2002/03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 50 7th 14th 21st 12 - - - - -
2002/03 Florida panthers NHL 30th 6th 6th 12 22nd - - - - -
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 56 6th 13 19th 24 - - - - -
2004/05 SG Cortina Series A1 36 27 33 60 64 18th 8th 14th 22nd 32
2005/06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 25th 24 49 40 25th 4th 14th 18th 12
2006/07 New York Rangers NHL 80 16 25th 41 50 10 1 3 4th 6th
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 59 13 36 49 32 - - - - -
2008/09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 69 22nd 21st 43 20th 18th 3 3 6th 14th
2009/10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 12 28 40 26th - - - - -
2009/10 Ottawa Senators NHL 21st 4th 4th 8th 8th 6th 3 5 8th 0
2010/11 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 12 27 39 34 - - - - -
2011/12 Minnesota Wild NHL 73 14th 21st 35 24 - - - - -
2012/13 Minnesota Wild NHL 42 7th 20th 27 10 5 0 3 3 2
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 77 10 29 39 32 - - - - -
2014/15 Nashville Predators NHL 62 7th 18th 25th 16 6th 1 1 2 4th
2015/16 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 16 16 32 20th 24 4th 2 6th 8th
2016/17 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 72 13 18th 31 30th 25th 2 7th 9 24
2017/18 Minnesota Wild NHL 79 11 11 22nd 20th 5 1 1 2 2
2018/19 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 71 7th 13 21st 14th 4th 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 75 27 59 86 98
AHL total 27 19th 17th 36 17th 3 0 2 2 0
NHL overall 1516 266 465 731 592 132 19th 39 58 72

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1996 United States June World Cup 5th place 6th 3 1 4th 0
1998 United States WM 12th place 6th 2 1 3 0
1999 United States WM 6th place 6th 1 6th 7th 4th
2003 United States WM 13th place 6th 1 1 2 2
2004 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 9 2 4th 6th 4th
Juniors overall 6th 3 1 4th 0
Men overall 27 6th 12 18th 10

( 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

Commons : Matt Cullen  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cullen Comes Home
personal data
SURNAME Cullen, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cullen, Matthew David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd November 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Virginia , Minnesota