Trent Cull
Trent Cull | |||
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Born |
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada | September 27, 1973||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | |||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 1994–2004 | ||
Coaching career | 2004–present |
Trent Cull (born September 27, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently serving as the head coach of the Calgary Wranglers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Previously, Cull served as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Junior
During the 1988-89 season, Cull played for the
Cull would not spend long with the Spitfires, being traded right at the trade deadline of the
Cull would spend the rest of his time in major junior with the Frontenacs, where he would begin to play a significantly more physical game, earning 322 penalty minutes in 128 games.
Professional
Prior to the
After aging out of the OHL, Cull started his professional career with the
After three seasons with the Leafs, he would spend two and a half seasons with the Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League (IHL) before moving to the Springfield Falcons, where he would play alongside future Calgary coaching colleague Ryan Huska.[5]
Cull would spend the rest of his playing career in the AHL, spending time with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Houston Aeros (who had moved to the AHL following the IHL's folding in 2001),[6] and the Syracuse Crunch.[7]
Over the course of his ten-season professional career, Cull would score 32 goals, 118 points, and accrue 1767 penalty minutes.[5]
Coaching career
Following his playing career, Cull took up coaching to work as an AHL assistant coach with the Syracuse Crunch under Ross Yates from 2006 to 2010. He then accepted a head coaching position in the Ontario Hockey League with the Sudbury Wolves, where he remained for three seasons before returning to the Syracuse Crunch as an assistant coach with the 2013–14 season.[8] In 2017, he was named head coach of the Utica Comets by their NHL affiliate, the Vancouver Canucks.[9] He remained with the AHL team when it relocated as the Abbotsford Canucks in 2021.[10]
On July 1, 2022, Cull was named an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks,[11] where he would be fired in the middle of his first season along with head coach Bruce Boudreau.[12]
On July 17, 2023, Cull was named the head coach of the Calgary Wranglers, the top AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames.[5] During the 2023–24 AHL season, due to the Wranglers position at the top of the Pacific division at the end of the calendar year, Cull was named as a coach for the 2024 AHL All-Star Classic.[13]
Career statistics
Regular season
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1988–89 | Georgetown Raiders | COJHL | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
1990–91 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
1991–92 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 60 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 144 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 37 | ||
1993–94 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 50 | 2 | 30 | 32 | 147 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
1994–95 | Brantford Smoke | CoHL
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995–96 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
1996–97 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 75 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 219 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||
1997–98 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 72 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 201 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1998–99 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 72 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 232 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | ||
1999–00
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Springfield Falcons | AHL | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Houston Aeros | IHL | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
2000–01 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 71 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 166 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | ||
2001–02 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 74 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 158 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
2002–03 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 40 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 58 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 146 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
AHL totals | 435 | 20 | 50 | 70 | 1,049 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 76 |
Coaching record
AHL
Team | Season | Regular season | Post season | ||||||
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G | W | L | T | OTL/SOL | Pts | Finish | Result | ||
Utica Comets | 2017–18 | 76 | 38 | 26 | — | 12 | 88 | 4th, North | Lost in round 1 |
Utica Comets | 2018–19 | 76 | 34 | 34 | — | 8 | 76 | 6th, North | Missed playoffs |
Utica Comets | 2019–20 | 61 | 34 | 22 | — | 5 | 73 | 3rd, North | Season cancelled |
Utica Comets | 2020–21 | 28 | 16 | 11 | — | 1 | 33 | 4th, North | No playoffs were held |
Abbotsford Canucks | 2021–22 | 68 | 39 | 23 | — | 6 | 84 | 4th, Pacific | Lost in qualifying round |
References
- ^ Davis, Gord (September 1, 1989). "Platers open training camp with fitness testing". The Sun Times. p. B2.
- ^ a b Rivet, Christine (December 12, 1990). "Platers get O'Hagan in trade with Spits". The Sun Times. p. 14.
- ^ a b Graham, Doug (January 16, 1992). "Trade shock has almost worn off for newest Frontenac". The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 14.
- ^ "Transactions". New York Times. September 14, 1993. p. 16.
- ^ a b c Gilbertson, Wes (July 17, 2023). "Flames hire Trent Cull as head coach for AHL's Wranglers". Calgary Sun.
- ^ Yourk, Darren (May 11, 2001). "AHL, IHL to merge". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Pike, Ryan (July 18, 2023). "New Calgary Wranglers head coach Trent Cull returns to his AHL roots". Flames Nation.
- ^ "Trent Cull returns to Syracuse Crunch as assistant coach". July 4, 2013.
- ^ "COMETS NAME CULL HEAD COACH". AHL. June 28, 2017.
- Utica Observer-Dispatch. July 16, 2021.
- ^ "Canucks add assistants Yeo, Cull to Boudreau's staff, Colliton takes over AHL team". Toronto Star. July 1, 2023.
- ^ Lypka, Ben (January 22, 2023). "First-ever Abbotsford Canucks head coach fired by Vancouver". The Hope Standard.
- ^ Gilbertson, Wes (January 10, 2024). "Flames prospects Coronato, Wolf selected to AHL all-star game". Calgary Herald.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database