Paul Mulvey
Joseph Paul Mulvey (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Los Angeles Kings between 1978 and 1982. Mulvey was born in Sudbury, Ontario and raised in Merritt, British Columbia.
| Paul Mulvey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 27, 1958 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings | ||
| NHL Draft |
20th overall, 1978 Washington Capitals | ||
| Playing career | 1974–1983 | ||
Playing career
A hard-nosed left-winger, Mulvey played junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings and the Portland Winter Hawks. He was selected in the 1978 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals and played for parts of three seasons with the Capitals. Prior to the 1981–82 NHL season, he was sent to the Pittsburgh Penguins as compensation for the Capitals signing of Orest Kindrachuk. He would later be claimed on waivers by the Los Angeles Kings during the middle of the season.
It was during his brief tenure with the Kings that he would be involved in one of the most controversial incidents in the NHL. On January 24, 1982 in a game against the Vancouver Canucks, a fight broke out, and Kings' Head Coach Don Perry ordered Mulvey out onto the ice to fight. Mulvey, who had just returned from a recent suspension, refused, which angered Coach Perry who then accused him of not standing up for his teammates. Mulvey was benched for the rest of the game, and was placed on waivers a week later. Coach Perry would later be fined and suspended for the incident, Mulvey would never play another game in the NHL. As he was seen as someone who would not stand up for his teammates when the time came.
Coaching career
For many years he was the head coach of the Reston Raiders of the Capital Beltway Hockey League. He then served as the head coach of the Virginia Statesmen of the Eastern Elite Amateur Hockey League and also coached Tier II hockey for the Prince William Panthers Hockey Club in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Personal life
After his playing career, Mulvey returned to the Washington, D.C.-area and settled in Reston, Virginia, where he bought a tennis club and turned it into a hockey facility with two rinks. His rink was instrumental in the growth of hockey in the Northern Virginia region and continues today under different ownership as SkateQuest of Reston.
His older brother, Grant Mulvey, had a long career with the NHL's Chicago Black Hawks.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1972–73 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | 60 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCHL | 49 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCHL | 69 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 331 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 1976–77 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 63 | 43 | 25 | 68 | 251 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 1977–78 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 64 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 262 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 60 | ||
| 1978–79 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 24 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 77 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 240 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 54 | ||
| 1980–81 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 55 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 1981–82 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Moncton Alpines | AHL | 58 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 270 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL Totals | 225 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 613 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com