Matt Cullen has a wife and three sons.
When he's home, he's coaching Brooks' and Wyatt's Pee Wee team with his brother Mark.Cullen won Stanley Cup championships with Carolina in 2006 and Pittsburgh in 2016 and 2017.This is something Matt does not deny.The conclusion of a stellar hockey career, his off-ice impact on children's lives and an unapologetic pride in his hometown are enough to make Matt Cullen — with a major assist from Bridget — The Forum's Area Person of the Year for 2019."I told them that I've come full circle. There are some other things we want to do with the foundation, and being here will make that so much easier. The similarity between Cullen's and Wentz's selection is their charitable impact away from sports. "With the kids, coaching, the other things we're doing, it seems like I never stop. Obsessed."He's pretty much gone full Hockey Dad. Now, we're home."Case in point: The Cullens' yard sports a 75-foot by 40-foot outdoor hockey rink where Matt's and Bridget's three boys — Brooks, 13; Wyatt, 11; and Joey, 9 — can skate when they are not skating at their Pee Wee or Squirt practices and games. Since that time, Bedrock has bought and developed more than 100 properties in greater downtown Detroit.Other JACK executives joining Cullen and Dunkeson at Bedrock this year will include:“It is an incredible honor to begin working with the 600-plus passionate team members at Bedrock who, in just eight short years, have played such a significant role in driving Detroit’s new era of optimism and growth,” Cullen said in a statement. "We could be in Minneapolis, but our foundation is here.
I think about that a lot. A native of Virginia, Minnesota, Cullen played at Moorhead High School, where his father, Terry, was coach. "Gilbert, 57, returned to Michigan earlier this month following about two months of treatment in a Chicago rehabilitation center for a May 26 stroke. Now I get it," he said, laughing even harder than his wife.
When he worked out. It wasn't that long ago that I was the one eating the burgers that some dad was cooking for me," Cullen said. I'm just excited being in touch with everything. What can we do here? Matt's dad Terry lives nearby and was there throwing a ball around with Wyatt and Joey, who were each sporting Pittsburgh gear.
A lucrative professional hockey career left many options. "This is a small town, a great community, and we have such great people — a special breed of people. The Cullens settled permanently in south Moorhead after Matt's nomadic pro career included stops in Baltimore and Cincinnati in the minor leagues and Anaheim, Miami, Raleigh (twice), New York City, Ottawa, St. Paul (twice), Nashville and Pittsburgh (twice). It's great."It is one of the reasons Matt and Bridget decided to move back to Moorhead, their hometown, when Matt's playing career ended. Cullen is the second athlete to be so honored by The Forum, following former North Dakota State and current Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz in 2017. Matt Cullen will become the new CEO of Dan Gilbert's Bedrock real estate firm next week in one of a series of newly announced personnel shifts at Gilbert's family of … Wentz is the force behind the faith-based AO1 Foundation.That has changed since his July retirement at age 42. When he was on the road. Cullen currently resides in Moorhead, Minnesota, in the off-season with his family. There's a fire pit so we can sit out there and watch the kids. We can be hands-on.