Penguins Re-Sign Matt Cullen
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A fan favorite and key role player on the teams Cup run last year, Matt Cullen has re-signed for another year with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The team says it is a one-year contract worth $1 million dollars.
Cullen, 39, helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup last season, the second championship of his career.
He also won a title with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.
The team says the 6-foot-1, 200-pound center was one of Pittsburgh's most consistent performers in 2015-16, tallying 16 goals, 16 assists and 32 points in all 82 games.
Cullen's 16 goals were his most since 2009. He was one of just three Penguins to play all 82 games.
Cullen scored the game-winning goal in two of Pittsburgh's four wins against the New York Rangers in the opening round of the playoffs after notching four game-winners during the regular season, his highest total in 10 years.
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He was also a key member of the NHL's fifth-best penalty killing unit, and the Penguins' most-reliable faceoff man with a regular-season success rate of 55.7 percent.
Cullen was originally drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round of the 1996 draft and has gone on to put up 658 points over his 18 seasons.
