Matt Cullen

Matt Cullen

Born November 2, 1976

Virginia, MN, USA

Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)

Position Center

Shoots Left

NHL team

Former teams

Pittsburgh Penguins

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Florida Panthers

Carolina Hurricanes

New York Rangers

Ottawa Senators

Minnesota Wild

Nashville Predators

National team United States

NHL Draft 35th overall, 1996

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Playing career 1997–present

Matt CullenFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Matthew David Cullen (born November 2, 1976) is an American professional ice hockey

centerman. He is currently a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League

(NHL). Cullen was born in Virginia, Minnesota, but grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota. Matt

attended Moorhead Senior High School, where his father Terry Cullen was the varsity hockey

coach.

Contents

◾ 1 Playing career

◾ 2 Personal

◾ 3 Career statistics

◾ 3.1 Regular season and playoffs

◾ 3.2 International

◾ 4 Awards and honours

◾ 5 See also

◾ 6 References

◾ 7 External links

Playing career

Cullen graduated from Moorhead High School in 1995; his father, Terry Cullen, was the school's ice

hockey coach. Cullen played at St. Cloud State University from 1995 to 1997, and was named to the

WCHA All-Rookie Team in 1995 and WCHA All-Star in 1996. He was then drafted in the second

round, 35th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Cullen played in the Italian Serie A with SG Cortina, where he

led the league in scoring with 27 goals and 33 assists in 36 games.

In the 2005–06 season, after NHL play resumed, Cullen won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina

Hurricanes. After the season, he became an unrestricted free agent and subsequently signed a four-

year contract with the New York Rangers. After just one season with the Rangers, however, Cullen

was traded back to Carolina during the 2006–07 off-season in exchange for defenseman Andrew

Hutchinson, forward Joe Barnes and a third-round draft pick in the 2008 in the Rangers' attempt to

free-up salary space underneath the cap.

On February 22, 2009, Cullen scored the first hat-trick of his career in a game against the Colorado

Avalanche. On February 12, 2010, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Alexandre

Picard and a second-round draft pick

On July 1, 2010, Cullen returned to his home state when he signed a three-year deal as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild.[1]

Upon the expiration of his three-year contract with the Wild, and with the team facing salary cap constraints, Cullen departed as a free agent and

signed a two-year contract with the Nashville Predators on July 5, 2013.[2] On August 6, 2015 Cullen, signed a 1-year deal with the Pittsburgh

Penguins, reuniting him with former Carolina Hurricanes GM, Jim Rutherford.[3]

Personal

Cullen is the older brother of EC Red Bull Salzburg player Mark Cullen, as well as of Braehead Clan player Joe Cullen. Matt Cullen has a wife and

three sons.

Cullen is a Christian.[4]

Matt currently resides in West Fargo, North Dakota, in the off-season with his family.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM

1995–96 St. Cloud State WCHA 39 12 29 41 28 — — — — —

1996–97 St. Cloud State WCHA 36 15 30 45 70 — — — — —

1996–97 Baltimore Bandits AHL 6 3 3 6 7 3 0 2 2 0

Medal record

Competitor for United States

World Championships

2004 Prague

1997–98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 18 15 12 27 2 — — — — —

1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 61 6 21 27 23 — — — — —

1998–99 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 3 1 2 3 8 — — — — —

1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 75 11 14 25 47 4 0 0 0 0





2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 30 6 6 12 22 — — — — —

2003–04 Florida Panthers NHL 56 6 13 19 24 — — — — —

2004–05 SG Cortina ITL 36 27 33 60 64 — — — — —

2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 25 24 49 40 25 4 14 18 12

2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 80 16 25 41 50 10 1 3 4 6

2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 59 13 36 49 32 — — — — —

2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 69 22 21 43 20 18 3 3 6 14

2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 60 12 28 40 26 — — — — —

2009–10 Ottawa Senators NHL 21 4 4 8 8 6 3 5 8 0

2010–11 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 12 27 39 34 — — — — —

2011–12 Minnesota Wild NHL 73 14 21 35 24 — — — — —

2012–13 Minnesota Wild NHL 42 7 20 27 10 5 0 3 3 2

2013–14 Nashville Predators NHL 77 10 29 39 32 — — — — —

2014–15 Nashville Predators NHL 62 7 18 25 16 6 1 1 2 4

NHL totals 1212 219 407 626 508 74 12 29 41 38

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM

1996 United States WJC 5th 6 3 1 4 0

1998 United States WC 12th 6 2 1 3 0



2004 United States WC 9 2 4 6 4

Junior totals 6 3 1 4 0

Senior totals 27 6 12 18 10

Awards and honours

Award Year

College

All-WCHA Rookie Team 1996

All-WCHA Second Team 1997

NHL

Stanley Cup 2006

See also

◾ List of NHL players with 1000 games played

References

1. "Cullen comes home". Minnesota Wild. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-31.

2. "Nashville Predators sign Matt Cullen to a two-year contract". Nashville Predators. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

3. "Penguins sign Matt Cullen to 1-year deal". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-08-06.

4. "NHL Champion Checks Fear of Failure".

External links

◾ Matt Cullen's career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=23904) at The Internet Hockey Database

(http://www.hockeydb.com/)

◾ Matt Cullen's Day With the Stanley Cup (http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ06_15.shtml)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Cullen&oldid=684831451"

Categories: 1976 births Living people American ice hockey centers Anaheim Ducks draft picks Baltimore Bandits players

Carolina Hurricanes players Cincinnati Mighty Ducks players Florida Panthers players Ice hockey people from Minnesota

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players Minnesota Wild players Nashville Predators players New York Rangers players Ottawa Senators players

People from Moorhead, Minnesota People from Virginia, Minnesota St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players

St. Cloud State University alumni SG Cortina players Stanley Cup champions Pittsburgh Penguins players

◾ This page was last modified on 9 October 2015, at 01:29.

◾ Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

Documents

Matt Cullen