Trent Cull
Cull with the Syracuse Crunch in 2017
Born (1973-09-27) September 27, 1973
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for AHL
St. John's Maple Leafs
Springfield Falcons
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Houston Aeros
Syracuse Crunch
CoHL
Brantford Smoke
IHL
Houston Aeros
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19942004
Coaching career 2004present

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 Georgetown Raiders of the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League (COJHL).[1] His play there earned him a spot in the major juniors for the 1989-90 season after being drafted 7th overall by the Guelph Platers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) during the 1989 draft.[2] The team would relocate to become the Owen Sound Platers before the start of the season. Cull would struggle to score during his time with the Platers, recording only a single goal and seven assists in 81 games with the team.[2] Midway through the 1990-91 season Cull requested a trade out of Owen Sound, claiming "the atmosphere" wasn't right, and was traded to the Windsor Spitfires.[3]

Cull would not spend long with the Spitfires, being traded right at the trade deadline of the 1991-92 season on January 10, 1992, to the Kingston Frontenacs along with a 6th-round draft pick for Rod Pasma and Gord Harris.[3]

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 1993-94 NHL season, Cull was invited to the Boston Bruins training camp, but was not offered a contract.[4]

After aging out of the OHL, Cull started his professional career with the Brantford Smoke of the Colonial Hockey League (CoHL), where his play quickly earned him a spot with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League (AHL).

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]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 Georgetown Raiders COJHL 3615651
1989–90 Owen Sound Platers OHL 5705553 1202211
1990–91 Owen Sound Platers OHL 2412319
1990–91 Windsor Spitfires OHL 3316734 110008
1991–92 Windsor Spitfires OHL 3206666
1991–92 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 1800031
1992–93 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 60112839144 16281037
1993–94 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 5023032147 60116
1994–95 Brantford Smoke CoHL 400014
1994–95 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 4301153
1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 46213118 40006
1996–97 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 75459219 801118
1997–98 Houston Aeros IHL 724812201 40004
1998–99 Houston Aeros IHL 7221416232 1902234
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 2802274
1999–00 Houston Aeros IHL 35279133 500024
2000–01 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 71111526166 2132528
2001–02 Houston Aeros AHL 7411112158 120228
2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 40088115
2003–04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 58279146 510116
AHL totals 435 20 50 70 1,049 50 4 5 9 76

Coaching record

AHL

TeamSeasonRegular seasonPost season
GWLTOTL/SOLPtsFinishResult
Utica Comets2017–18 76382612884th, NorthLost in round 1
Utica Comets2018–19 7634348766th, NorthMissed playoffs
Utica Comets2019–20 6134225733rd, NorthSeason cancelled
Utica Comets2020–21 2816111334th, NorthNo playoffs were held
Abbotsford Canucks2021–22 6839236844th, PacificLost in qualifying round

References

  1. Davis, Gord (September 1, 1989). "Platers open training camp with fitness testing". The Sun Times. p. B2.
  2. 1 2 Rivet, Christine (December 12, 1990). "Platers get O'Hagan in trade with Spits". The Sun Times. p. 14.
  3. 1 2 Graham, Doug (January 16, 1992). "Trade shock has almost worn off for newest Frontenac". The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 14.
  4. "Transactions". New York Times. September 14, 1993. p. 16.
  5. 1 2 3 Gilbertson, Wes (July 17, 2023). "Flames hire Trent Cull as head coach for AHL's Wranglers". Calgary Sun.
  6. Yourk, Darren (May 11, 2001). "AHL, IHL to merge". The Globe and Mail.
  7. Pike, Ryan (July 18, 2023). "New Calgary Wranglers head coach Trent Cull returns to his AHL roots". Flames Nation.
  8. "Trent Cull returns to Syracuse Crunch as assistant coach". July 4, 2013.
  9. "COMETS NAME CULL HEAD COACH". AHL. June 28, 2017.
  10. "Former Utica Comets coaches Cull, Agnew officially among staff for new Canucks' AHL team". Utica Observer-Dispatch. July 16, 2021.
  11. "Canucks add assistants Yeo, Cull to Boudreau's staff, Colliton takes over AHL team". Toronto Star. July 1, 2023.
  12. Lypka, Ben (January 22, 2023). "First-ever Abbotsford Canucks head coach fired by Vancouver". The Hope Standard.
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