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Joe Mullen Assistant Coach
Joe Mullen enters his sixth season with the Flyers as an assistant coach. He was
named to the position on June 6, 2007.
Mullen joined the Flyers coaching staff after serving as an assistant coach with the
Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, during the 2006-
07 season. After starting the 2005-06 season as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh
Penguins, he took over the head coaching position of the Penguins’ AHL affiliate,
the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in mid-season. He finished the season with a
28-16-3-5 mark. Prior to joining Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he was an assistant coach for
Pittsburgh for parts of six seasons (2000-01 to 2005-06).
A native of New York, NY, Mullen played 17 seasons in the NHL with the St. Louis
Blues, Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh and Boston Bruins (1979-80, 1981-82 through 1996-
97), recording 502 goals and 561 assists for 1,063 points and 241 penalty minutes in
1,062 regular season games. His 502 goals are fourth all-time among U.S.-born players.
He was a member of three Stanley Cup Championship teams, with Calgary in 1989 and
Pittsburgh in 1991 and 1992.
A three-time NHL All-Star, Mullen twice won the Lady Byng Trophy as “the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of
sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability” (1987 and 1989). He was named to the
NHL First All-Star Team following the 1988-89 season, after setting career highs for goals (51), assists (59) and points (110) in a
season, while leading the league in plus/minus with a +51 rating.
In 1995, Mullen received the Lester Patrick Trophy “for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.” He became the first
American-born player to record 1,000 points when he picked up an assist on February 7, 1995, and became the first American to
reach the 500-goal plateau on March 14, 1997. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2000,
two years after his induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame (1998).
Mullen and his wife, Linda, have three sons, Ryan, Michael and Patrick, and a daughter, Erin. Mullen was born on February 26, 1957.
Jeff Reese Goaltending Coach
Jeff Reese enters his fourth season as the Flyers goaltending coach. He joined the
Flyers in 2009 after eight seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning coaching staff, where
he was responsible for working with all goaltenders in the Lightning organization, as
well as assisting in the assessment of amateur goaltenders for the NHL Entry Draft. His
time with the Lightning included their 2004 Stanley Cup championship.
Over parts of 11 seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1987-88 through
1991-92 and 1998-99), Calgary Flames (1991-92 to 1993-94), Hartford Whalers (1993-94 to
1995-96), Lightning (1995-96) and New Jersey Devils (1996-97), Reese posted a 53-65-
17 record with a 3.66 goals-against average and five shutouts in 174 contests. In 11
appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, he had a 3-5 mark with a 4.08 GAA.
Reese holds NHL records for most assists and most points by a goaltender in a single
game, set when he had three assists for the Calgary Flames in a game against the San
Jose Sharks on Feb. 10, 1993.
Reese was selected by Toronto in the fourth round (67th overall) in the 1984 NHL Entry
Draft. He was born on March 24, 1966 in Brantford, Ontario.
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