Gregory M. Mauldin (born June 10, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey forward for Stavanger Oilers of the Norwegian Eliteserien. He was briefly retired for the 2020–21 season and served as coach for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.[1]

Greg Mauldin
Mauldin with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2012
Born (1982-06-10) June 10, 1982 (age 42)
Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
PositionForward
ShootsRight
NOR team
Former teams
Stavanger Oilers
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Islanders
Colorado Avalanche
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
ERC Ingolstadt
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
NHL draft199th overall, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career2004–2020, 2021–present

Playing career

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Mauldin played with the Boston Junior Bruins of the Eastern Junior Hockey League in 1999 where he showed his talent and explosiveness on the ice while earning consecutive First All-Star Team selections and the Eastern Junior Hockey League MVP Award in 2000. In 2001, he moved on to UMass Amherst where he accumulated 94 points in 98 games and led the Minutemen to the 2003 Hockey East Championship game. After three successful seasons with UMass he joined the Columbus Blue Jackets who had selected him with the 199th overall pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Mauldin made his NHL debut not long after the Ice Hockey East Championship and appeared in six games for the Blue Jackets. He played the 2004–05 season for the Syracuse Crunch, the Blue Jackets AHL affiliate, and finished 7th on the team in scoring with 27 points. During the 2005–06 season he was traded to the Minnesota Wild for defenceman Dustin Wood. He was then assigned to the Houston Aeros, the Wild's AHL affiliate.

In the 2006–07 season, Mauldin initially played with Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the UHL, before leaving to play in Sweden. Prior to the 2007–08 season, Mauldin attended the St. Louis Blues prospect development Camp. He was then signed to a free agent contract by the Binghamton Senators of the AHL. Mauldin was then signed by parent club, the Ottawa Senators to a one-year contract for the 2008–09 season but was reassigned to Binghamton for the year.[2]

On July 3, 2009, Mauldin signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders.[3] In the 2009–10 season he led the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, AHL affiliate of the Islanders, in scoring with 54 points in 77 games. He made his brief Islanders debut in a 7-3 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 8, 2010, before returning to the Sound Tigers for a quarterfinal appearance in the playoffs.[4]

A free agent following the season, Mauldin signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 2, 2010.[5] After initially impressing at the Avalanche's training camp, Mauldin was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, to start the 2010–11 season.[6][7] He was later called up by the Avalanche, and in his first game on November 12, 2010, he scored his first NHL goal, which was short handed, in a 5-1 road win against Steve Mason of his former team the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was named the second star of the game.[8] Mauldin continued to make an impact with the Avalanche from the fourth line, most notably scoring two goals and two assists in a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on November 28, 2010, to be named first star of the game. Mauldin remained with the Avalanche for a career-high 29 games and 10 points before he was later returned to help Lake Erie to their first post-season berth.[9]

In the 2011–12 season, Mauldin failed to make the Avalanche out of training camp and was reassigned to Lake Erie. After a strong start with the Monsters, Mauldin was limited through injury before finishing with 59 games, to place third in Lake Erie scoring 34 points.[10]

A free agent, Mauldin returned for a second stint in Europe signing a one-year contract with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss NLA on July 23, 2012.[11] At the beginning of the 2014 season Mauldin was named an assistant captain and on November 21, 2014 Mauldin signed a two-year extension with HC Fribourg-Gottéron.[12]

Following his fifth season with Fribourg-Gottéron after the 2016–17 season, Mauldin left as a free agent and agreed to a one-year deal with German outfit, ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on August 15, 2017.[13]

Mauldin continued his journeyman career, signing in the following summer to a one-year contract with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the EBEL, on August 1, 2018.[14] In the 2018–19 season, Mauldin produced 15 points in 23 appearances for Zagreb before opting to mutually conclude his contract mid-season to join Norwegian club, the Stavanger Oilers of the GET-ligaen on December 14, 2018.[15]

Coaching career

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Mauldin was hired as an assistant coach for Dan Muse with the USNTDP Men's U18 team in October 2020.[1]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1998–99Holliston High SchoolHSMA
1999–2000Boston Junior BruinsEJHL5945428714
2000–01Boston Junior BruinsEJHL53485810673
2001–02University of Massachusetts AmherstHE3312122410
2002–03University of Massachusetts AmherstHE3621204126
2003–04University of Massachusetts AmherstHE2915142915
2003–04Columbus Blue JacketsNHL60004
2003–04Syracuse CrunchAHL2000010000
2004–05Syracuse CrunchAHL667202749
2005–06Syracuse CrunchAHL5612172953
2005–06Houston AerosAHL11134081122
2006–07Bloomington Prairie ThunderUHL20002
2006–07Huddinge IKAllsv61230
2006–07IK OskarshamnAllsv26581331
2007–08Binghamton SenatorsAHL7115183337
2008–09Binghamton SenatorsAHL8024275141
2009–10Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL772529543551230
2009–10New York IslandersNHL10000
2010–11Lake Erie MonstersAHL431817352070222
2010–11Colorado AvalancheNHL2955108
2011–12Lake Erie MonstersAHL5916183417
2012–13HC Fribourg–GottéronNLA39138218182244
2013–14HC Fribourg–GottéronNLA4313152818105380
2014–15HC Fribourg–GottéronNLA401817358
2015–16HC Fribourg–GottéronNLA28111324051232
2016–17HC Fribourg–GottéronNLA34109196
2017–18ERC IngolstadtDEL51916251850004
2018–19KHL Medveščak ZagrebAUT23510156
2018–19Stavanger OilersNOR174711141255108
2019–20Stavanger OilersNOR3115112610
2021–22Kalamazoo WingsECHL52132
2021–22Stavanger OilersNOR601121555100
2022–23Stavanger OilersNOR37710172153364
AHL totals465118149267252212574
NHL totals36551012
NLA totals1846562127403387156

Awards and honors

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AwardYear
College
Hockey East All-Tournament Team2004[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Greg Mauldin and Kevin Porter Named to NTDP Coaching Staff". usahockeyntdp.com. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Senators sign Mauldin to a one-year contract". Ottawa Senators. 2008-07-07. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  3. ^ "Isles sign Moore, Moulson, Mauldin and Flood for next season". New York Islanders. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. ^ "Crosby has 50th goal nixed by video replay after Penguins rout Isles". CBS Sports. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  5. ^ "Avalanche sign Quincey, Winnik and six others". Colorado Avalanche. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  6. ^ Dater, Adrian (2010-09-21). "Avalanche's Mauldin provides versatility". Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  7. ^ "Avalanche re-assign Goalie Cann, six others". Denver Post. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  8. ^ Frei, Terry (2010-11-13). "Keyed by Mauldin's first goal, Avalanche routs Columbus 5-1". Denver Post. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  9. ^ "Avs' Mauldin making NHL impact". The Denver Post. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  10. ^ "The season so far..Greg Mauldin". Lake Erie Monsters. 2012-03-24. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  11. ^ "Greg Mauldin is the fifth import signing for Fribourg" (in German). HC Fribourg-Gottéron. 2012-07-23. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  12. ^ "HCFG agree to two-year extension with Mauldin". HC Fribourg-Gottéron. 2014-11-21. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  13. ^ "Welcome Greg Mauldin!" (in German). ERC Ingolstadt. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  14. ^ "Forwards Mauldin and Thomas arrive in Zagreb" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. 2018-08-01. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  15. ^ "Greg Mauldin comes to Oilers" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Oilers. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  16. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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