David Cullen (ice hockey)
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Position | Defence |
Shoots | Right |
Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 218 lb (99 kg/15 st 8 lb) |
NHL Team (P) Cur. team F. teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) Minnesota Wild (NHL) DEG Metro Stars (DEL) Färjestads BK (SEL) |
Nationality | Canada |
Born | December 30, 1976 , St. Catharines, ON, CAN |
NHL Draft | Undrafted |
Pro career | 1999 – present |
David Cullen (born December 30, 1976 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a member of the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. Cullen played 16 games in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes 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 Springfield Falcons. On January 4, 2002 Cullen was traded to the Minnesota Wild for Sebastien Bordeleau 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 Rochester Americans before moving to Europe in 2006, playing in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 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.