The Black Hawks are a Tier 1 junior level hockey team, but despite the high standard, Fulghum adapted well, playing in 52 USHL games and scoring 30 points.
In his final season in Waterloo, Fulghum featured in 21 games and scored 31 points before being traded mid-season to the Dubuque Fighting Saints, fierce rivals to the Black Hawks.
In his first season at NCAA level, Fulghum took time to adapt but established himself as a regular player, scoring 12 points in 35 games.
For 2007–08, Fulghum became a Bridgeport Sound Tigers player, but again failed to establish himself, playing just once before returning to ECHL level with the Stockton Thunder.
He was released from his contract with the Coventry Blaze on December 1, 2011, and was immediately snapped up by the Sheffield Steelers[1] On June 21, 2012, Fulghum signed with the Denver Cutthroats for their 2012–13 inaugural season.