Mike Millar

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CanadaCanada  Mike Millar Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 28, 1965
place of birth St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 77 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 6th lap, 110th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1982-1984 Brantford Alexander
1984-1985 Hamilton Steelhawks
1985-1986 Team Canada
1986-1988 Binghamton Whalers
1988-1989 Baltimore Skipjacks
1989-1990 Maine Mariners
1990-1991 Newmarket Saints
1991-1992 ESV Kaufbeuren
1992-1993 EHC Chur
1993-1997 Kassel Huskies
1997-1998 Frankfurt Lions
1998-1999 GEC Nordhorn
1999-2001 Crocodiles Hamburg
2001-2002 Dundas Real McCoy's

Michael "Mike" Millar (born April 28, 1965 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was active in the National Hockey League , the German Ice Hockey League and the Swiss National League A during his career .

Career

Mike Millar began his playing career in 1982 with his hometown club, the Brantford Alexanders in the Ontario Hockey League , near his hometown. With 70 goals in two seasons you could already guess his qualities as a goalscorer early on. Consequently, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1984 in the sixth round in 110th position by the Hartford Whalers .

Before his first appearance in the National Hockey League , about two years should pass. First he was sent to the Hamilton Steelhawks within the OHL , before joining Team Canada for a year in 1985 . Here, too, he was able to convince with 88 points in only 69 games. Finally, he was brought in 1986 by the Hartford Whalers, where he also scored his first goal in his first game. In the 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers , he overcame Andy Moog to 2-0 in the meantime. Most of the time, however, he was used on the farm team Binghamton Whalers in the American Hockey League . On July 6, 1988, he was transferred to the Washington Capitals with his comrade Neil Sheehy . Hartford got the players Grant Jennings and Ed Kastelic from the capital city. But here, too, Millar spent most of the time with the farm team, the Baltimore Skipjacks in the AHL. On October 2, 1989, the next change followed when Millar was sent to the Boston Bruins and Alfie Turcotte went to the Caps in return. The farm team that year were the Maine Mariners , for whom he played 60 of 75 games that season. In 1990 he came to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a year , for which he only made seven games. He spent most of the season with the Newmarket Saints .

His first stop in Europe was ESV Kaufbeuren in 1991 . The following year he made a short trip to Switzerland , to the EHC Chur . In the same year he also came to three other assignments in Team Canada. In 1993 he was finally committed to the EC Kassel , which with him became a founding member of the German Ice Hockey League in 1994 . After disagreements during the 1997/98 season , he switched to the Frankfurt Lions at short notice , but where he could not prevail. In 1998 he finally came to GEC Nordhorn , which had to file for bankruptcy the following year . So he moved again, this time to the Hamburg Crocodiles , with whom he was relegated to the league in the second season . After a short guest appearance of six missions for REV Bremerhaven in the 2001/02 season, he finally went back to Canada.

Mike Millar had his longest and most successful engagement in Kassel. There he was hired as a goalscorer in 1993 and lived up to this reputation in the following years. In 1994 the 1st Bundesliga became the German Ice Hockey League and the EC Kassel became the Kassel Huskies . Millar quickly became a crowd favorite and regularly made it onto the podium in internal elections for “Player of the Year”. One of the hardest slap shots in the league earned him the nickname "Mortar Mike".

Ironically in the otherwise so successful runner-up championship season 1996/97 he was slowed down by a hand injury. On December 22nd, he broke a thumb in the game against Starbulls Rosenheim and had to take a few weeks off. He did not succeed in the following years to follow up on his old goals. In addition, there were internal disagreements with the club management at the beginning of the 1997/98 season , when some players pushed for the dismantling of the then "Coach of the Year" Gerhard Brunner . After this was finally dismissed and the success still failed, Millar and other players were suspended from the game. In a "night and fog" campaign, he then signed a contract with arch rivals from southern Hesse , the Frankfurt Lions, until the end of the season . After around five years and 231 games wearing the # 13 Huskies' dress, this change marked the end of an era in Kassel ice hockey. To this day he leads the club statistics for most goals (94) in the preliminary round games of the DEL years as well as the point average (1.25) per game.

After returning from Europe, he ended his career in 2003 with the Dundas Real McCoys , a senior team of the Ontario Hockey Association.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Brantford Alexander OHL 53 20th 29 49 10 8th 0 5 5 2
1983/84 Brantford Alexander OHL 69 50 45 95 48 6th 4th 0 4th 2
1984/85 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 63 66 60 126 54 17th 9 10 19th 14th
1985/86 Team Canada Int. 69 50 38 88 74 - - - - -
1986/87 Binghamton Whalers AHL 61 45 32 77 38 13 7th 4th 11 27
Hartford Whalers NHL 10 2 2 4th 0 - - - - -
1987/88 Binghamton Whalers AHL 31 32 17th 49 42 - - - - -
Hartford Whalers NHL 28 7th 7th 14th 6th - - - - -
1988/89 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 53 47 35 82 58 - - - - -
Washington Capitals NHL 18th 6th 3 9 4th - - - - -
1989/90 Maine Mariners AHL 60 40 33 73 77 - - - - -
Boston Bruins NHL 15th 1 4th 5 0 - - - - -
1990/91 Newmarket Saints AHL 62 33 29 62 63 - - - - -
Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7th 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
1991/92 ESV Kaufbeuren 1st BL 42 34 21st 55 86
1992/93 EHC Chur NLA 35 31 21st 52 70
Team Canada Int. 3 0 0 0 2
1993/94 EC Kassel 2nd BL 48 64 33 97 148 13 1 8th 9 18th
1994/95 EC Kassel Huskies DEL 43 39 18th 57 76 9 6th 5 11 24
1995/96 EC Kassel Huskies DEL 50 31 23 54 86 8th 5 5 10 0
1996/97 EC Kassel Huskies DEL 42 23 35 58 10 10 2 1 3 6th
1997/98 EC Kassel Huskies DEL 6th 1 3 4th 6th
Frankfurt Lions DEL 39 13 21st 34 20th 7th 2 3 5 2
1998/99 GEC Nordhorn 2nd BL 53 45 51 96 120 4th 0 1 1 6th
1999/00 Hamburg crocodiles 2nd BL 29 22nd 14th 36 64 23 23 16 39 56
2000/01 Hamburg crocodiles OIL 36 25th 28 53 115 5 4th 1 5 31
2001/02 REV Bremerhaven 2nd BL 6th 3 2 5 6th
Dundas Real McCoys OHASr 11 24 13 37 8th 7th 10 1 11 4th
2002/03 Dundas Real McCoys OHASr 3 4th 3 7th 2 6th 2 4th 6th 2
OHL total 185 136 134 270 112 31 13 15th 28 16
AHL total 267 197 146 343 278 13 7th 4th 11 27
DEL total 180 107 100 207 198 34 15th 14th 29 32
NHL overall 78 18th 18th 36 12 - - - - -

( 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 )

literature

  • Sport-Kurier special issue "Ice Hockey Season 94/95", pp. 40, 87
  • HUSKIES yearbook DEL season 94/95, pp. 72, 81, 82
  • HUSKIES yearbook DEL season 95/96, pp. 46, 80, 81
  • HUSKIES yearbook DEL season 96/97, pp. 15, 102, 103
  • HUSKIES yearbook DEL season 97/98, pp. 56, 58,

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personal data
SURNAME Millar, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Millar, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada