Mark Daniel Cullen (born October 28, 1978) is an American former professional
ice hockey
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. He is the younger brother of former
NHL
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forward, and three-time Stanley Cup champion
Matt Cullen
Matthew David Cullen (born November 2, 1976) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with eight teams between 1997 and 2019 with. Cullen won the Stanley Cup three times duri ...
.
Playing career
Cullen was signed by the
Minnesota Wild
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on April 8, 2002 after a four-year collegiate career at
Colorado College
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. After three years of playing with the
Houston Aeros of the
AHL, Cullen signed with the
Chicago Blackhawks
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on August 4, 2005. Splitting time with the
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of the
AHL and Chicago in the
2005–06 season, Cullen saw his first NHL action by playing in 29 games.
He signed with the
Philadelphia Flyers
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in the off-season and played in three games with the Flyers in
2006–07, spending most of his time with affiliate, the
Philadelphia Phantoms
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. Cullen signed with the
Detroit Red Wings on July 5, 2007, playing for their minor league team, the
Grand Rapids Griffins
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of the
AHL. He then signed with the
Vancouver Canucks
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on July 4, 2008. During the 2009–10 season, Cullen returned to the Chicago Blackhawks' organization and played for the
Rockford IceHogs
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of the AHL.
On July 22, 2010, Cullen signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the
Florida Panthers. Cullen missed the start of the
2010–11
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season, after rupturing an Achilles Tendon at the Panthers training camp. On November 29, 2011, the Panthers recalled Cullen and he temporarily filled in as their fourth-line center for six games.
During the
2012–13
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season, Cullen joined EC Red Bull Salzburg at the midpoint of their campaign for the remainder of the year from
Vityaz Podolsk of the
Kontinental Hockey League
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on December 16, 2012.
After his second season with Salzburg, Cullen left the defeated EBEL finalists for the Champions in
Italian
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club, HC Bolzano, signing a one-year contract on August 20, 2014.
Cullen played three seasons in the Austrian league before moving as a free agent to the Neighbouring German
DEL2
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league, signing a one-year deal with Dresdner Eislöwen on September 23, 2015.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honors
References
External links
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1978 births
American men's ice hockey centers
Bolzano HC players
Chicago Blackhawks players
Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players
Dresdner Eislöwen players
EC Red Bull Salzburg players
Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks players
Florida Panthers players
Grand Rapids Griffins players
Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Living people
Manitoba Moose players
Norfolk Admirals players
People from Moorhead, Minnesota
Philadelphia Flyers players
Philadelphia Phantoms players
Rochester Americans players
Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
San Antonio Rampage players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
HC Vityaz players
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans