Trent Cull (born September 27, 1973) is a

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former professional

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who most recently served as an assistant coach with the

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of the

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(NHL). Cull played ten seasons of professional hockey, including 435 regular-season games in the

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(AHL), where he scored 20 goals and 50 assists for 70 points, while earning 1049 career penalty minutes. Following his playing career, Cull took up coaching to work as an AHL assistant coach with the Syracuse Crunch under

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from 2006 to 2010. He then accepted a head coaching position in the

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with the Sudbury Wolves, where he remained for three seasons before returning to the Syracuse Crunch as an assistant coach with the 2013–14 season. In 2017, he was named head coach of the

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by their NHL affiliate, the

. He remained with the AHL team when it relocated as the

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in 2021.

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* * 1973 births Living people Abbotsford Canucks coaches Brantford Smoke players Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Kingston Frontenacs players Owen Sound Platers players Springfield Falcons players St. John's Maple Leafs players Syracuse Crunch players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players Windsor Spitfires players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1970s-stub