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| 1978 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Paul Mulvey
Selected in
second round
No. 20 overall by Washington Capitals
Born
September 27, 1958
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-4 Weight:
220
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Portland (WCHL)
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Merritt, British Columbia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Merritt | BCJHL |
60 | 27 |
31 | 58 |
200 | | 1974-75 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
49 | 18 |
19 | 37 |
179 | | 1975-76 |
Edmonton | WCHL |
69 | 29 |
38 | 67 |
331 | | 1976-77 |
Portland | WCHL |
63 | 43 |
25 | 68 |
251 | | 1977-78 |
Portland | WCHL |
64 | 43 |
33 | 76 |
262 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1978 (bronze) (reserve, did not play)
WCHL All-Star Game: 1977, 1978 (Portland)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
the No. 20 overall prospect for the 1978 NHL draft. ... Was on Edmonton team that
moved to Portland
after 1975-76 season. ... Played on line with Wayne Babych and Brent Peterson
for Portland in 1977-78. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1978 (Washington at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 27 (Washington); 26 (Pittsburgh); 28 (Los
Angeles)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1978-1982 | Washington, Pittsburgh, L.A. |
225 | 30 | 51 |
81 | 613 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Washington Most Improved Player: 1979-80
Washington Records: Most assists in one period (4 vs. St. Louis in
first period on March 5, 1980, shares record)
Washington Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1979-80 (240)
Miscellaneous: Set Washington single-season record (since broken) with
240 penalty minutes in 1979-80. ... Tied Washington record (since broken) for
assists in one game with four vs. St. Louis on March 5, 1980. ... Played on line with Ryan Walter and Mike
Gartner for Washington in 1979-80. ... Missed end of 1980-81 season with back
injury. ... Traded by Los Angeles to Edmonton in exchange for Blair
Barnes on June 22, 1982, but never played for parent team.
The Mulvey Incident: Mulvey became the center of a major NHL controversy
during the 1981-82 season when he refused to leave the Los Angeles bench to
start a second-period brawl on Jan. 24, 1982, in
Vancouver. Don Perry, who had recently been named head coach of the Kings, ordered Mulvey to lead a his teammates into what would become a
bench-clearing brawl. Mulvey refused, despite Perry's repeating the order
three more times. Mulvey remained on the bench until Los Angeles' Rick
Chartraw and Mark Hardy took the initiative and led the entire team out onto
the ice. Even though Mulvey did join the brawl, Perry was livid that he had
refused to initiate it, and accused Mulvey of failing to stand up for
teammates. Mulvey was benched for the rest of the game and held out of
practices and games until the Kings placed him on waivers on Jan. 29, 1982.
Perry said he didn't want Mulvey on the team any longer, but Mulvey, who was
coming off a one-game suspension, argued that Perry had been forcing him to
perform a goon's role that would have led to more suspensions. Mulvey said
Perry told him to "go out there and don't just dance." Mulvey, who had only
been with the team for 25 days, was so stunned by the command that he
hesitated, thereby setting off the famous confrontation with Perry. Mulvey
cleared waivers and was sent to the Kings' AHL affiliate in New Haven.
When details of the incident came out in the press, the NHL fined Perry $5,000
and suspended him for 15 days (six games). Mulvey, on the other hand,
became overnight media darling for his stand, although he would never play another NHL
game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); New Haven (AHL);
Moncton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1980-81: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Hershey).
Coaching Career: Served as head
coach and director of Reston (Va.) Raiders youth travel-teams program into
2002-03 season.
Miscellaneous: Returned to Washington area and
became an arena manager in Reston, Virginia, after his retirement. Also worked
as youth hockey coach and hockey-school instructor.
Personal: Full name is Joseph Paul
Mulvey. ...
Younger brother of former NHL player Grant Mulvey. ... Uncle of former Tier II
junior (NAHL) and University of Illinois
club player Kyle Mulvey. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| FREE AGENT COMPENSATION: Washington sent
Mulvey and future considerations to Pittsburgh as compensation for the Capitals' signing of restricted
free agent Orest Kindrachuk on September 4, 1981. |
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SNAPSHOT '78 | | Total Selected: |
234 | | Forwards: |
143 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
127 | | College Players: |
80 |
| Canadian: |
170 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
47 | | U.S.-Born: |
47 |
| European: |
17 |
| Reached NHL: |
95 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
16 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
16 |
| Picks Traded: |
46 |
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