Colin Miller (ice hockey player, 1992)

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Colin Miller (ice hockey player, 1992)
Date of birth October 29, 1992
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position defender
number # 33
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 5th round, 151st position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
2010-2013 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2013-2015 Manchester monarchs
2015-2017 Boston Bruins
2017-2019 Vegas Golden Knights
since 2019 Buffalo Sabers

Colin Miller (born October 29, 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers of the National Hockey League since June 2019 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Miller in the jersey of the Boston Bruins (2015)

Miller spent his junior years with Sault Ste. Between 2010 and 2013 . Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time, the defender in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft was selected in the fifth round in 151st position by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . In his last junior year, when he finished as a defender with 55 scorer points in 54 games and was team captain , he was elected to the league's Third All-Star Team and was also awarded the Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy .

In July 2013, Miller was signed by the Kings and initially sent to the Manchester Monarchs farm team in the American Hockey League , where he spent the following two playing years. At the end of the 2014/15 season he won the prestigious Calder Cup with the Monarchs . However, the Canadian did not make his NHL debut with Los Angeles, as he was given to the Boston Bruins at the end of June 2015 together with the first round suffrage of the Kings in the NHL Entry Draft 2015 and goalkeeper Martin Jones . In return, the Californians received Milan Lucic . In the Bruins franchise Miller managed to jump into the NHL, although he continued to spend parts of the season in the AHL with the Providence Bruins . For the 2016/17 season he finally managed to establish himself in Boston's squad.

In June 2017, Miller was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . With the team he surprisingly reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs , but lost to the Washington Capitals there . In addition, in the debut season he was one of the many Golden Knights players who were able to significantly increase their personal statistics, so he recorded 41 scorer points and thus became the team's best defender. After another year in Nevada, he was handed over to the Buffalo Sabers in June 2019 , which in return sent a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2021 and a five-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2022 to Las Vegas.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 66 3 19th 22nd 44 - - - - -
2011/12 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 54 8th 20th 28 79 - - - - -
2012/13 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 54 20th 35 55 78 6th 1 6th 7th 0
2013/14 Manchester monarchs AHL 65 5 12 17th 35 3 0 0 0 6th
2014/15 Manchester monarchs AHL 70 19th 33 52 82 19th 2 8th 10 12
2015/16 Boston Bruins NHL 42 3 13 16 39 - - - - -
2015/16 Providence Bruins AHL 20th 4th 8th 12 16 2 0 0 0 0
2016/17 Boston Bruins NHL 61 6th 7th 13 55 4th 0 1 1 2
2017/18 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 82 10 31 41 53 20th 3 4th 7th 14th
2018/19 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 65 3 26th 29 44 6th 1 2 3 6th
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 51 1 10 11 22nd - - - - -
OHL total 174 31 74 105 201 6th 1 6th 7th 0
AHL total 155 28 53 81 133 24 2 8th 10 18th
NHL overall 301 23 87 110 213 30th 4th 7th 11 22nd

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Miller, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario