Brian Mullen
Brian Patrick Mullen ( born March 16, 1962 in Hell's Kitchen, New York ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders in the National Hockey League. His brother Joe Mullen is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Career
Mullen played at the end of the 1970s, first in a New York Junior League, before he went from 1980 to 1982 at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. During this time he played for Team USA Junior World Championships in 1980 and 1981. Having the left winger had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1980 in the seventh round at 128th position from the Winnipeg Jets, he moved to the 1982/83 season to the Jets in the National Hockey League.
In his first NHL year, established the rookie in the NHL squad and ran in all 80 regular season games in which he gained a total of 50 points scorer. Mullen remained until the end of the season 1986/87 in Winnipeg, where he had 71 points in 69 games in the 1984/85 season his best NHL year. In the summer of 1987, he was then transferred in a package with some draft rights to his hometown to the New York Rangers. The Americans played a further four years as an integral part of the NHL teams in the Big Apple and took in this period also twice at senior world championships. Prior to the 1991/92 season, the Rangers gave Mullen from the San Jose Sharks newly established. In his only season there, he proved himself as the second best scorer of the team as one of the few bright spots, went after the season but returned to New York, where he played for the Islanders Rangers rival New York. However, Mullen could only play one year for the Islanders since he suffered a stroke on August 8, 1993 during training. This was caused by a thrombus in the brain and meant that he was unable for some time, continue to make full use of his motor skills. This was followed by a successful open heart surgery, which caused a rapid recovery. While training for his comeback he suffered in 1994 but an epileptic seizure, after which he had to end his career.
After end of his career eight years worked for as an Official of the National Hockey League and an award in 1995 for his services to the American Hockey along with his brother Joe Lester Patrick Trophy with. Currently, he works as a color commentator for the television broadcasts of the New York Rangers.