Joseph "Joe" Mullen (born February 26, 1957 in New York, NY) is a retired American Professional Hockey player who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Boston Bruins.
Growing up in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, Joe and his brother Brian grew up playing roller hockey in the streets of New York and were both able to make their way into the NHL, with Joe being much more successful. Mullen's break came when his brother Brian got a job as a stick boy for the New York Rangers. The Mullen boys caught the eye of Ranger head coach Emile Francis, who became their sponsor in his newly formed Metro Junior Hockey Association.
He won an athletic scholarship to Boston College. He had hoped to earn a spot on the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team (the Miracle on Ice team) but he decided to turn pro after his sophomore season instead. His father had become ill and Joe decided that he needed to support his family financially and could no longer afford to remain an amateur.
He entered the NHL Entry Draft but was not chosen. Scouts expressed concerns about his small size (5'9", 175 lb.) and his unorthodox training. He finally signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues where his old friend and mentor Emile Francis was now coaching.
In the following 16 seasons he would go on to score 502 goals and record 1,063 points in 1,062 NHL games. His list of accomplishments include three Stanley Cups (one with the Flames and two with the Penguins), a World Hockey Championship victory as a member of the American team, a berth on the NHL First All-Star team, inclusion to the Hockey Hall of Fame and United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998, and retiring as the highest-scoring American ice hockey player ever. He was the first American-born NHL player to score 500 career goals and the first to record 1,000 career points.
He was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000. Mullen spent time as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins before being named head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on December 20, 2005. His son Patrick is a hockey player for the University of Denver. Patrick grew up playing for the Pittsburgh Hornets. Patrick graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in 2004. Joe currently resides in Upper St. Clair, PA and is currently the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL.
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