Барри Джон Каллен (родился 2 августа 1964 года) - бывший канадский профессиональный хоккейный центр, который играл в Национальной хоккейной лиге (НХЛ) за команды Pittsburgh Penguins , Hartford Whalers , Toronto Maple Leafs и Tampa Bay Lightning . Он был выдающимся игроком Бостонского университета и лучшим бомбардиром школы за все время. После того , как Баффало выбрал его в 1986 NHL Дополнительной Draft , но решил не предлагать ему контракт, Каллен подписал с Кремень Spirits в Международной хоккейной лиги (МГП) в сезоне 1987–88 гг., Где он был назван одним из новичков года и самым ценным игроком по МГП после того, как стал лидером лиги по набранным очкам.
Джон Каллен | |||
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Родившийся | Пуслинч , Онтарио , Канада | 2 августа 1964 г. ||
Высота | 5 футов 10 дюймов (178 см) | ||
Масса | 187 фунтов (85 кг; 13 ул 5 фунтов) | ||
Должность | Центр | ||
Выстрелил | Верно | ||
Играл за | Питтсбург Пингвинз Хартфорд Уэйлерс Торонто Мэйпл Лифс Тампа Бэй Лайтнинг | ||
сборная страны | Канада | ||
Драфт НХЛ | 3-й в общем зачете 1986 Дополнительный проект Баффало Сейбрз | ||
Игровая карьера | 1987–1998 |
Его карьера была остановлена в 1997 году, когда ему поставили диагноз неходжкинская лимфома . Он попытался ненадолго вернуться в 1998 году после 18-месячной борьбы с болезнью, за которую НХЛ наградила его Мемориальным трофеем Билла Мастертона , прежде чем уйти в отставку и в течение года служить помощником тренера в команде Lightning. Каллен сыграл в двух Матчах звезд НХЛ за свою карьеру. Он присоединился к своему брату в автосалоне после ухода из игры и некоторое время управлял собственным автосалоном, пока не был вынужден закрыть его во время кризиса автомобильной промышленности 2008–2010 годов .
Ранний период жизни
Каллен родился 2 августа 1964 года в Пуслинче , Онтарио . Он один из шести детей Барри и Лоретты Каллен. [1] Его отец и дяди Брайан и Рэй все играли в НХЛ, [2] и хотя Каллен и три его брата тоже играли, их отец никогда не давил на них, предпочитая, чтобы они наслаждались игрой. [1]
Он боготворил своего старшего брата Терри, который считался главным игроком в НХЛ, пока карьера Терри не закончилась, когда он сломал шею после удара сзади о доску во время игры в колледже. [3] В то время как его брат пользовался большим спросом в американских университетах, Джон получил только два предложения о стипендии, решив играть за Бостонский университет (BU) в 1983 году. Другое его предложение поступило от Государственного университета Ферриса . [3]
В то же время у его матери Лоретты диагностировали рак кожи. [2] После ее смерти в начале первого года обучения Каллен собирался вернуться в свой дом в Онтарио, но его отец убедил его продолжать заниматься и школой, и хоккеем. [3] Он использовал игру, чтобы справиться с поражением, и посвящал каждую сыгранную игру памяти своей матери. Каллен чувствовал, что вдохновение, которое он черпал из битвы своей матери, позволило ему стать лучшим игроком. [1]
Игровая карьера
Каллен был выдающимся специалистом в BU; он был назван Новичком Атлетической конференции Восточного побережья в 1983–84 после того, как лидировал в своей команде по набранным очкам с 56 очками. Однако Национальная хоккейная лига обошла его стороной, поскольку он остался невостребованным в драфте НХЛ 1984 года . [3] Он был включен в состав всех звездных команд Востока по хоккею в 1985, 1986 и 1987 годах, а в 1986 году - во вторую всеамериканскую сборную Восточной ассоциации студенческой спортивной ассоциации . [4] Он окончил университет как лучший результативный лидер с 241 очками. очков, [3] и был назван в честь 25-летия команды Хоккейного Востока BU в 2009 году. [5]
Пройденный в драфте, Каллен, наконец, был выбран « Баффало Сейбрз» в дополнительном драфте НХЛ 1986 года . Когда Сабли не смогли предложить ему контракт, Каллен подписал с Кремнем Spirits в Международной хоккейной лиге (МГП) в течение сезона 1987-88. [3] Он возглавил лигу с 157 очками, забил 48 голов и выиграл Мемориальный трофей Джеймса Гатчена как самый ценный игрок лиги, разделив при этом Мемориальный трофей Гэри Ф. Лонгмана с Эдом Белфуром как новичком года. [4] Выдающийся сезон Каллена во Флинте привлек внимание «Сэйбрз» и « Питтсбург Пингвинз» . Он подписал контракт с «Пингвинз» на минимум лиги, отказавшись от более выгодного предложения от «Баффало», поскольку он оставался расстроенным тем, как они освободили его годом ранее. [3]
National Hockey League
Cullen made his NHL debut in 1988–89, appearing in 79 games with the Penguins and scoring 49 points.[4] He was given a greater role with the Penguins the following year after Mario Lemieux missed 21 games due to a back injury and responded by scoring 32 goals and 92 points to finish third in team scoring.[3] Additionally, he played for Team Canada at the 1990 World Championship, scoring four points in ten games.[4] Cullen had his best season in 1990–91. As one of the team's top offensive centres, he scored 94 points in the Penguins' first 65 games and played in his first NHL All-Star Game.[4] However, when Lemieux returned after missing an additional 50-games due to injury, Cullen's playing time and production declined.[3]
The Penguins' needs led them to complete a blockbuster trade on March 1, 1991. Cullen was sent to the Hartford Whalers, along with Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker in exchange for Hartford's all-time leading scorer, Ron Francis, along with Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings.[4] The Penguins almost turned down the deal as they were concerned about giving up Cullen's playmaking and leadership abilities, while his former teammates credited Cullen as being the primary reason they were in a playoff position at the time the trade happened. After the Penguins won their first Stanley Cup that season, Phil Bourque later said it "broke his heart" that Cullen was not able to share in that championship.[6]
In Hartford, Cullen worked to overcome the team's fans' disappointment at losing Francis. The Hartford fans initially booed him to show their dissatisfaction with the trade.[1] He scored 16 points in 13 regular season games to finish the season with 110 points combined between the Penguins and Whalers, and was the team's best player in their first round loss to the Boston Bruins in the 1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs.[3] He initially accepted an invitation to join the Canadian team at the 1991 Canada Cup, but subsequently chose not to participate as his contract had expired, leading to greater insurance concerns.[7] Still without a contract when the 1991–92 season began, Cullen missed the first four games before signing a four-year deal with Hartford worth a total of $4 million.[8] He returned to score 77 points in 77 games in his first full season with the Whalers and represented the team at the 1992 All-Star Game.[4]
Midway through the 1992–93 NHL season, the Whalers sent Cullen to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Toronto's second round selection at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.[4] Cullen was excited to play for his father's old team, but injuries reduced his ability to perform. His most significant injury was a herniated disc in his neck that doctors initially feared would end his career. A bulky neck brace allowed Cullen to return and play out his contract in Toronto.[1] When the Leafs chose not to re-sign him following the 1993–94 season, he returned to the Penguins for one season before Tony Esposito convinced him to sign with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1995.[9]
Cullen enjoyed immediate success with linemates Shawn Burr and Alexander Selivanov as the trio combined to score 130 points and helped lead the Lightning to the first playoff appearance in franchise history. They were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in five games while Cullen led the team in playoff scoring with three goals and three assists.[9] The Lightning looked to improve in 1996–97; Cullen was leading the team in scoring, but was suffering flu-like symptoms that he could not shake. As Tampa was fighting for a playoff spot, he played through his condition for weeks.[10]
Cancer and comeback
After two months of quietly dealing with his symptoms, Cullen's wife finally called team trainers and asked them to check into his illness. The team took an x-ray and found a large black shadow in his chest.[9] He underwent a CAT scan which revealed Cullen had a baseball-sized tumor; he was diagnosed as having Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[10] The diagnosis ended his season, and he immediately began chemotherapy treatments that quickly reduced his cancer.[2] The tumor was gone by September 1997, but a precautionary test prior to training camp revealed that Cullen still had cancer cells in his body. He missed the entire 1997–98 NHL season as he continued to battle the disease, while his teammates wore a uniform patch with his #12 in support throughout the year.[10]
On one day during his treatments, as his wife was wheeling him down a hospital corridor, Cullen went into cardiac arrest, requiring doctors to use a defibrillator to revive him.[9] He underwent a bone marrow transplant that briefly reduced his immune system to the point that he could have very little human contact.[2] Another examination in April 1998 revealed that the cancer was finally gone, and Cullen immediately began training for a comeback.[10]
The Lightning signed Cullen to a one-year, $500,000 contract for the 1998–99 season.[11] He played his first game in nearly 18 months on September 18, 1998, in an exhibition game between the Lightning and Sabres at Innsbruck, Austria. Cullen scored the game-winning goal in a 3–1 victory, after which he said he sat on the bench in disbelief over how he was given a second chance.[12] He was named to the roster and was greeted with a loud standing ovation by the fans in Tampa Bay when he was introduced prior to their season opening game.[2]
Cullen appeared in four of the Lightning's first eight games, but it was evident that he had lost much of his speed and strength.[13] The Lightning assigned him to the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks, but also gave him the option of retiring and taking up a position as an assistant coach.[9] He chose to accept the demotion, giving himself one month to determine if he could continue playing.[14] He appeared in six games for Cleveland, and in one game against the Chicago Wolves tied an IHL record when he scored seven points in a 7–3 victory.[15]
However, a bout of bronchitis led Cullen to fear that his cancer had returned. Tests came back negative, but after spending time with his family, he realized that neither he nor his family were interested in returning to Cleveland.[13] Cullen announced his retirement on November 28, 1998, and accepted the Lightning offer to become an assistant coach.[16] In recognition of his comeback attempt, the NHL named him the 1999 winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for dedication and perseverance,[17] while the IHL renamed its Comeback Player of the Year award the John Cullen Award.[18]
Former Lightning head coach Terry Crisp has stated publicly that Cullen was a player that stood out as something special saying "John Cullen ... beat cancer and came back to play and helped us win."[19]
Со льда
Cullen and his wife Valerie have three daughters, Kennedy and twins Karlyn and Kortland.[20] Unwilling to spend so much time away from his family, he left the Lightning in 1999 and settled in the Atlanta area, joining his brother's car dealership in Jonesboro, Georgia.[2] He had always expected to become a car dealer after his hockey career, as his father, uncles and brother all worked in the industry.[9] After apprenticing under his brother for five years, he bought a Dodge dealership in Newnan, Georgia in 2007. However, he owned the dealership for less than two years before Chrysler closed him down as part of its recovery plan in response to the Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010.[21] He has since returned to his brother's dealership, serving as its general manager.[9]
Cullen's battle with cancer inspired Timm Harmon of the Moffitt Cancer Centre to partner with the Lightning to raise awareness and money for cancer research. The NHL itself joined the cause in the winter of 1998, creating the Hockey Fights Cancer program to raise money for research.[22] Cullen has spent time promoting the initiative.[13]
Prior to marrying his wife Valerie, John dated Carolyn Bessette the future wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. The two met while attending Boston University.[23]
Статистика карьеры
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1981–82 | Guelph Platers | OJHL | 42 | 45 | 49 | 94 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1982–83 | Cambridge Winter Hawks | OJHL | 45 | 42 | 56 | 98 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | Boston University | ECAC | 40 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | Boston University | HE | 41 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | Boston University | HE | 43 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Boston University | HE | 36 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Flint Spirits | IHL | 81 | 48 | 109 | 157 | 113 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 16 | ||
1988–89 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 79 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 112 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||
1989–90 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 72 | 32 | 60 | 92 | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 65 | 31 | 63 | 94 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | ||
1991–92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 77 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 141 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
1993–94 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 53 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 46 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
1995–96 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 76 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
1996–97 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 70 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 621 | 187 | 363 | 550 | 898 | 53 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 58 |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1990 | Canada | WC | 4th | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Награды
Cullen is the namesake of the John Cullen Award, previously given to key IHL players.
Award | Year | |
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College | ||
ECAC Rookie of the Year | 1983–84 | [4] |
All-Hockey East First Team | 1984–85 1985–86 | [5] |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 1985–86 | [4] |
All-Hockey East Second Team | 1986–87 | |
IHL | ||
Gary F. Longman Memorial Trophy James Gatschene Memorial Trophy Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy First Team All-Star | 1987–88 | [4] |
NHL | ||
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | 1998–99 | [17] |
Смотрите также
- List of NHL players with 100-point seasons
Рекомендации
- ^ a b c d e Ormsby, Mary (1993-04-13). "Hockey's Cullen clan 'To play for your dad's old team, well, how many kids get to do that?' asks the Leafs' feisty No. 19". Toronto Star. p. B1.
- ^ a b c d e f Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: The ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Swift, E. M. (1992-03-09). "Center of Attention". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "John Cullen player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ a b "Boston University Hockey East 25th Anniversary Team" (PDF). Boston University. 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Trading places: One deal 15 years ago that changed Penguins forever". Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Club. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Cullen opts out". New York Times. 1991-08-06. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ McKenzie, Bob (1991-10-15). "Cullen gets $4 million in a Whale of a deal". Toronto Star. p. C2.
- ^ a b c d e f g Herman, Lonnie (2010-05-26). "Bolt from the Blue: John Cullen". Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Club. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ a b c d Kennedy, Kostya (1998-09-21). "Happy Days". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Cullen returns from illness". New York Times. 1998-09-10. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Cullen's comeback includes big goal". New York Times. 1998-09-19. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ a b c El-Bashir, Tarik (1998-12-16). "Healthy again, Cullen enjoys on-ice retirement". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ Solano, Javier (1998-11-11). "Cullen wants a chance to play". Orlando Sentinel. p. C6. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Cullen's 7 points match IHL record". Chicago Tribune. 1998-11-08. p. 16. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Lightning center decides to retire after cancer comeback". Bowling Green Daily News. 1998-11-29. p. 5B. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ a b "Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winners". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "IHL honors Cullen". New York Post. 1998-12-10. p. 91. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ^ "Bolt From the Blue: Terry Crisp - Best of the Web". Lightning.nhl.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ Cristodero, Damian (2013-01-18). "After cancer scare, ex-Lightning star John Cullen feels blessed". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ Bishop, Jeff (2009-06-09). "Dodge dealer John Cullen closes car lot". Newnan Times-Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ Shea, Kevin (2004). "Stanley Cup journal". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ Gliatto, Tom (1996). "Bridal Sweet". People Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
Внешние ссылки
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by George Servinis | ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year 1983–84 | Succeeded by Joe Nieuwendyk |
Preceded by Jamie McLennan | Bill Masterton Trophy winner 1999 | Succeeded by Ken Daneyko |