Joseph Paul Mulvey (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian retired

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player. He played in the

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with the

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, and

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between 1978 and 1982. Mulvey was born in

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and raised in

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Playing career

A hard-nosed left-winger, Mulvey played junior hockey with the

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and the

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. He was selected in the 1978 NHL Draft by the

and played for parts of three seasons with the Capitals. Prior to the

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, he was sent to the

as compensation for the Capitals signing of Orest Kindrachuk. He would later be claimed on waivers by the

during the middle of the season. It was during his brief tenure with the Kings that he would be involved in one of the most controversial incidents in the NHL. On January 24, 1982 in a game against the

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, a fight broke out, and Kings' Head Coach

Don Perry Donald Frederick Perry (March 16, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. Biography Perry, born in Edmonton, Alberta, began his playing career with Edmonton area junior league teams. He broke into professional ...

ordered Mulvey out onto the ice to fight. Mulvey, who had just returned from a recent suspension, refused, which angered Coach Perry who then accused him of not standing up for his teammates. Mulvey was benched for the rest of the game, and was placed on waivers a week later. Coach Perry would later be fined and suspended for the incident, Mulvey would never play another game in the NHL. As he was seen as someone who would not stand up for his teammates when the time came.

Coaching career

For many years he was the head coach of the Reston Raiders of the Capital Beltway Hockey League. He then served as the head coach of the Virginia Statesmen of the Eastern Elite Amateur Hockey League and also coached Tier II hockey for the Prince William Panthers Hockey Club in

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Personal life

After his playing career, Mulvey returned to the

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-area and settled in

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, where he bought a tennis club and turned it into a hockey facility with two rinks. His rink was instrumental in the growth of hockey in the Northern Virginia region and continues today under different ownership as SkateQuest of Reston. His older brother,

Grant Mulvey Grant "Granny" Mulvey (born September 17, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played all but 12 games of his 586-game National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Black Hawks. A long line of in ...

, had a long career with the NHL's

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

External links

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Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulvey, Paul 1958 births Living people Canadian ice hockey left wingers Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Los Angeles Kings players Merritt Centennials players People from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Pittsburgh Penguins players Portland Winterhawks players Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury Washington Capitals draft picks Washington Capitals players