David Cullen (born December 30, 1976) is a

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former professional

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. He attended

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between 2010 and 2011, earning a master's degree in Education.

Playing career

Cullen played 16 games in the

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for the

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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

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. On January 4, 2002, Cullen was traded to the

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for

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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

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before moving to

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in 2006, playing in

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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

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of the AHL. On July 6, 2008, Cullen signed a contract with Austrian team,

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Awards and honors

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* 1976 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen DEG Metro Stars players Färjestad BK players Graz 99ers players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Sportspeople from St. Catharines Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players Minnesota Wild players Phoenix Coyotes players Rochester Americans players Springfield Falcons players Syracuse Crunch players Undrafted National Hockey League players Ice hockey people from Ontario Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans NCAA men's ice hockey national champions {{canada-icehockey-defenceman-1970s-stub