Patrick Mullen (ice hockey)

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Patrick Mullen
Born (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 37)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
EIHL
team
Former teams
Linköpings HC
Adler Mannheim
Vienna Capitals
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present

Patrick Mullen (born 6 May 1986) is an American professional

Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Following his college career he signed with the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent. Mullen played three seasons for the Kings minor league affiliate the Manchester Monarchs, before leaving as a free agent and signing with the Vancouver Canucks. Mullen has played both forward and defense throughout his career. He is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Mullen
.

Early life

Patrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Linda and Joe Mullen.[2][3] He has two older brothers and a younger sister. Their father is a Hockey Hall of Fame forward. He graduated as an honor roll student from Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh.[3]

Playing career

Mullen played junior ice hockey for the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League (USHL) during the 2004–05 season. He registered 37 points in 60 games, fourth on the team; he also led the Stampede in plus-minus with a +11 rating.[4][5] After the season, Mullen chose to attend the University of Denver (DU) in part for the coaches and the city of Denver.[3]

Members of the Denver Pioneers celebrating their 2008 tournament victory

Prior to his first season with the

mononucleosis.[7] Following the conclusion of the season, Mullen was named to the All-WCHA Academic Team.[5]

In the 2007–08 season, Mullen began the year playing defense.

Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.[5][12]

Mullen playing for the Chicago Wolves

Undrafted out of college, Mullen signed a two-year entry-level free agent contract with the

power play unit, and while he played mostly on defense, he did see some ice time at forward. With the changes he doubled his production to 20 points in 67 games.[17] During the off-season Mullen was re-signed by the Kings to a one-year contract.[18] In his third season he again double his point production registering 41 points in 69 games. He also played in 4 playoff games for the Monarchs registering a goal and three points.[19]

Following the completion of his contract Mullen left the Kings organization as a free agent and signed with the Vancouver Canucks.[20] Due to the depth on defense on Vancouver Mullen was not expected to make the Canucks out of training camp.[21] With the 2012–13 lockout approaching Mullen was assigned to the Canuck's American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves.[22] In his second game with the Wolves Mullen suffered an injury to his left shoulder. The injury required surgery which ended his season.[23] Despite his limited playing time in Chicago the Canucks re-signed Mullen to a one-year contract in the off-season.[24]

On 4 March 2014, Mullen was traded by the Canucks to the Ottawa Senators organization for Jeff Costello.[25]

In the 2015–16 season, his third within the Senators' organization, Mullen was traded by Ottawa to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Conor Allen on 14 January 2016.[26]

At the conclusion of the season and out of contract with the Predators, Mullen as a free agent left North America and accepted an initial try-out contract with

2016–17 season in collecting 14 points in 27 games.[29]

As a free agent, Mullen opted to return abroad in agreeing to a two-year contract with Swedish outfit, Linköpings HC of the SHL on 10 July 2017.[30] On 15 February 2018, he left Sweden for German DEL side Adler Mannheim, joining the team on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 campaign.[31]

In August 2019, Mullen moved to British

EIHL side Belfast Giants.[32] Mullen left Belfast in 2020. He rejoined the Giants in March 2022 as injury cover.[33]

Career statistics

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 60 14 23 37 8 — — — — —
2005–06 University of Denver WCHA 37 7 10 27 24 — — — — —
2006–07 University of Denver WCHA 37 5 12 17 20 — — — — —
2007–08 University of Denver WCHA 40 4 18 22 65 — — — — —
2008–09 University of Denver WCHA 38 4 21 25 39 — — — — —
2009–10 Ontario Reign ECHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Manchester Monarchs AHL 44 4 6 10 16 2 0 0 0 2
2010–11 Manchester Monarchs AHL 67 3 17 20 32 7 0 1 1 4
2011–12 Manchester Monarchs AHL 69 13 28 41 45 4 1 2 3 8
2012–13 Chicago Wolves AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Utica Comets AHL 46 7 13 20 23 — — — — —
2013–14 Binghamton Senators AHL 20 1 11 12 12 4 0 2 2 6
2014–15 Binghamton Senators AHL 54 5 24 29 32 — — — — —
2015–16 Binghamton Senators AHL 36 1 15 16 18 — — — — —
2015–16 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 29 2 12 14 19 3 0 1 1 2
2016–17 Dinamo Riga KHL 39 4 8 12 26 — — — — —
2016–17 Rochester Americans AHL 27 4 10 14 22 — — — — —
2017–18
Linköpings HC
 SHL 34 4 7 11 14 — — — — —
2017–18 Adler Mannheim DEL 3 0 2 2 2 10 1 1 2 4
2018–19 Vienna Capitals
EBEL
 29 4 21 25 9 16 0 6 6 10
2019–20 Belfast Giants
EIHL
 30 5 15 20 16 — — — — —
2022 Team Mullen 3ICE 23 8 11 19 — — — — — —
2023 Team Mullen 3ICE 6 5 2 7 — — — — — —
AHL totals 394 40 136 176 219 20 1 6 7 22

Awards and honors

Award Year
College
All-WCHA Academic Team 2006–07
2008–09 		[5]
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
 2008–09 [12]
3ICE
Larry Murphy Best Defensive Player Award 2022

References

  1. ^ Skelnik, Justin, ed. (2012). 2012–13 Chicago Wolves Media Guide. p. 72.
  2. ^ "Patrick Mullen Player Profile". National Hockey League. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Patrick Mullen Denver Pioneers Player Profile". University of Denver. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Patrick Mullen Career Statistics". National Hockey League. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Patrick Mullen Bio". National Hockey League. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. ^ "DU Earns First Win of the Season: Fisher shines with 23 saves in 4-2 win over Air Force". U.S. College Hockey Online. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  7. ^ a b Chambers, Mike (10 March 2008). "DU's Mullen suspended for playoff opener; Ryder could return by NCAAs". The Denver Post. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  8. ^ Chambers, Mike (4 October 2007). "DU's Mullen pegged to begin on blueline". The Denver Post. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  9. ^ Chambers, Mike (6 February 2008). "Trotter saga continues; Ruegsegger injury". The Denver Post. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  10. ^ Chambers, Mike (15 February 2008). "Game 2: DU notes". The Denver Post. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Championships: WCHA Playoff Summaries 1959–2009" (PDF). 2009–10 WCHA Men's Yearbook: 133. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Patrick Mullen Player Card". Premier Sports Management. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  13. ^ "Kings Ink Patrick Mullen to Two-Year Contract". TSN. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  14. ^ Mueller, Kim (5 October 2009). "Monarchs Report (Oct. 5)". Los Angeles Kings. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Mullen Assigned to Ontario". Los Angeles Kings. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Mullen Recalled to Manchester". Ontario Reign. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  17. ^ "Finding His Niche On The Monarchs Blueline". Manchester Monarchs. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "Six Players Agree to Terms with Kings". Los Angeles Kings. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Manchester Monarchs Individual Player Stats". Manchester Monarchs. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  20. ^ "Vancouver Canucks sign blueliners Derek Joslin, Patrick Mullen". Vancouver Sun. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  21. ^ Arndt, Wyatt (13 September 2012). "Canucks waive Joslin, Debsiens, Mullen, Gordon, Ebbett, and probably Fin at this point". The Province. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  22. ^ Tucker, Cam (14 September 2012). "Vancouver Canucks re-sign 'more confident, stronger' Alex Burrows to four-year deal Top prospects Zack Kassian, Chris Tanev, others assigned to AHL Chicago Wolves, top pick Nicklas Jensen off to Sweden". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  23. The Chicago Tribune
    . Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  24. ^ Tung, Allen (21 June 2013). "Vancouver Canucks Re-Sign Defenceman Patrick Mullen". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  25. ^ The Canadian Press. "Canucks acquire Jeff Costello from Sens for Patrick Mullen". CBC News.
  26. ^ "Predators acquire Mullen from Ottawa". Nashville Predators. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  27. ^ ""Dinamo" pievienojas kanādietis un amerikānis, prom pieci uzbrucēji" [Dinamo signs American and Canadian on trial] (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  28. ^ "Rīgas "Dinamo" šķiras no diviem viesspēlētājiem". TVNET. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  29. ^ "Amerks claim Mullen off waivers from Binghamton". Rochester Americans. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  30. Linköpings HC
    (in Swedish). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  31. ^ "Patrick Mullen verstärkt die Adler". www.adler-mannheim.de (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  32. ^ "Patrick Mullen Joins Giants for 2019/20". 4 August 2019.
  33. ^ "Latest Belfast Giants News".

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