Aaron Miller
Date of birth | August 11, 1971 |
place of birth | Buffalo , New York , USA |
size | 191 cm |
Weight | 95 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1989 , 5th lap, 88th position New York Rangers |
Career stations | |
1987-1989 | Niagara Scenics |
1989-1993 | University of Vermont |
1993-1996 | Cornwall Aces |
1996-2001 | Colorado Avalanche |
2001-2007 | Los Angeles Kings |
2007-2008 | Vancouver Canucks |
Aaron Michael Miller (born August 11, 1971 in Buffalo , New York ) is a former American ice hockey player who played between and among other 757 games for the Nordiques de Québec , Colorado Avalanche , Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Miller celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the national team of the United States by winning the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics .
Career
Aaron Miller began his career as a hockey player on the University of Vermont team , for which he was active from 1989 to 1993. The defender had previously been selected as a junior player in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as a total of 88th player by the New York Rangers . For the Rangers, however, he never played because they gave him up on January 17, 1991 together with a five-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 1991 in exchange for Joe Cirella to the Nordiques de Québec . For the French Canadians, Miller made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1993/94 season . In that season and the following year, however, he mainly played for Québec's farm team from the American Hockey League , the Cornwall Aces .
After the resettlement of the Québec Nordiques, Miller initially played mainly for Cornwall in the AHL in the 1995/96 season. From 1996 he was on the ice exclusively for the new franchise of the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL. In February 2001 Miller was given to the Los Angeles Kings as part of an exchange deal , while the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup at the end of the 2000/01 season . Miller ran for the Kings for a total of six years in the NHL before he ended his career after the 2007/08 season with their league rivals Vancouver Canucks .
International
For the United States , Miller took part in the 1991 Junior World Championships and the 2004 and 2005 World Championships . He was also on the US squad at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin .
Achievements and Awards
International
- 2002 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2004 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1987/88 | Niagara Scenics | NEAR | 30th | 4th | 9 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1988/89 | Niagara Scenics | NEAR | 59 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | University of Vermont | NCAA | 31 | 1 | 15th | 16 | 24 | |||||||
1990/91 | University of Vermont | NCAA | 30th | 3 | 7th | 10 | 22nd | |||||||
1991/92 | University of Vermont | NCAA | 31 | 3 | 16 | 19th | 36 | |||||||
1992/93 | University of Vermont | NCAA | 30th | 4th | 13 | 17th | 16 | |||||||
1993/94 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 64 | 4th | 10 | 14th | 49 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
1993/94 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 76 | 4th | 18th | 22nd | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1995/96 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 62 | 4th | 23 | 27 | 77 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
1995/96 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 56 | 5 | 12 | 17th | 15th | 17th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
1997/98 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 51 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
1998/99 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 76 | 5 | 13 | 18th | 42 | 19th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 10 | ||
1999/00 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 53 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 36 | 17th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6th | ||
2000/01 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 56 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14th | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
2001/02 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 74 | 5 | 12 | 17th | 54 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002/03 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | not played because of lockout | |||||||||||
2005/06 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 56 | 0 | 8th | 8th | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 82 | 0 | 8th | 8th | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 57 | 1 | 8th | 9 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
NAHL total | 89 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NCAA overall | 122 | 11 | 51 | 62 | 90 | |||||||||
AHL total | 202 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 195 | 21st | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||
NHL overall | 677 | 25th | 94 | 119 | 422 | 80 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 40 |
International
Represented the USA at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1991 | United States | Jun.WM | 4th Place | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2002 | United States | Olympia |
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6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
2004 | United States | WM |
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9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | |
2004 | United States | World cup | 4th Place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
2005 | United States | WM | 6th place | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | |
2006 | United States | Olympia | 8th place | Without any effort | |||||
Juniors overall | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Men overall | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18th |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Aaron Miller at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Aaron Miller at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Aaron Miller at hockeydb.com (English)
- Aaron Miller in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Miller, Aaron |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miller, Aaron Michael (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York , USA |