Ryan Miller

United States Ryan Miller


Date of birth	17th July 1980
place of birth	East Lansing , Michigan , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	75 kg

position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 5th round, 138th position Buffalo Sabers

Career stations

1999-2002	Michigan State University
2002-2005	Rochester Americans
2005-2014	Buffalo Sabers
2014	St. Louis Blues
2014-2017	Vancouver Canucks
since 2017	Anaheim Ducks

Ryan Miller (born July 17, 1980 in East Lansing , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League since July 2017 . He previously spent over ten years with the Buffalo Sabers , in whose jersey he was honored with the 2010 Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper of the NHL, and was active for the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks . No American goalkeeper in league history has recorded more wins than Miller, surpassing John Vanbiesbrouck in this category in February 2019. With the USA national team , he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Career

Miller began his career at Michigan State University . He was drawn by the Sabers in the fifth round as 138th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . In Michigan, he set a new NCAA record for most career shutouts and won the 2001 Hobey Baker Memorial Award . Ten members of the 'Miller' family (including his grandfather, father, and brother Drew Miller ) also played college hockey at Michigan State. His cousin Kip Miller won the Hobey Baker Award in 1990. Ryan Miller's three cousins played in the NHL - Kelly , Kevin and Kip Miller.

After three years at the university, Ryan Miller moved to the AHL in 2002 with the Rochester Americans , who at the time had a cooperation with the Sabers from Buffalo. In his first season in Rochester he also had his first appearances in the NHL for the Sabers. Most of the following years he spent, however, as number 1 of the Americans, with the 2003/04 season was the most successful for him personally and was crowned with the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award .

Ryan Miller in the Buffalo Sabers jersey

In the 2005/06 season, Ryan Miller established himself as the number 1 of the Buffalo Sabers. He finished the regular season with an eleventh place on average (2.60) and ninth place in the catch quota category with a value of 91.4%. In the play-offs he confirmed his outstanding performance and led the Sabers to the conference finals. In the following season he set a new team record with 40 wins and led the Sabers to the Presidents' Trophy , which is awarded to the team with the highest points in the regular season. In the play-offs, however, the Sabers failed again in the conference final.

In the 2009/10 season he beat his own record again and ended the season with 41 wins. In addition, he was in second place in the league statistics with a catch rate of 92.9% and an average goal conceded of 2.22. At the end of the season, he was finally awarded the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper and voted into the NHL All-Star Team . That same year, Miller received the NHL Foundation Player Award , which is given annually to a player with a special commitment to charity.

On February 28, Ryan Miller was transferred to the St. Louis Blues along with the Sabers captain Steve Ott for Jaroslav Halák , Chris Stewart , William Carrier and a first-round suffrage in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . The Sabers would also have received another first-round vote for 2014 if Miller extended his contract in St. Louis or the team had reached the conference finals in the 2014 play-offs .

In early July 2014, he signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks . After fulfilling this, he joined the Anaheim Ducks in July 2017 - also as a free agent - with whom he signed a two-year contract.

International

Miller got his first appointment to the US national team for the 2001 World Cup , where he was not used as the third goalkeeper behind Rick DiPietro and Robert Esche .

Miller was in the following two years, at the World Cup in 2002 and 2003 , to the squad of Team USA and came here to four missions.

It was not until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver that he played again in an international match and won the silver medal with Team USA. Miller was named Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper after the tournament and was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team . In addition, he set a new Olympic record with a goal against goal of 1.35.

Achievements and Awards

2000 CCHA Second All-Star Team
2001 Hobey Baker Memorial Award
2001 CCHA First All-Star Team
2001 CCHA player of the year
2001 NCAA West First All-American Team
2002 CCHA First All-Star Team
2002 CCHA player of the year
2002 NCAA West First All-American Team
2003 Participation in the NHL YoungStars Game

2004 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
2005 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
2005 AHL First All-Star Team
2005 Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
2006 NHL Player of the Month for October
2007 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
2010 Vezina Trophy
2010 NHL Foundation Player Award
2010 NHL First All-Star Team

International

2010 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
2010 Most Valuable Player of the Winter Olympics
2010 Best Goalkeeper of the Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

			Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	S.	N	U	OTN	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
1997/98	Soo Indians	NEAR	37	21st	14th	0	-	2113	82	3	-	2.33	2	0	2	158	7th	0	-	2.66
1998/99	Soo Indians	NEAR	47	31	14th	1	-	2711	104	8th	-	2.30	4th	2	2	218	10	1	-	2.75
1999/00	Michigan State University	CCHA	25th	16	5	3	-	1525	39	8th	93.2	1.54
2000/01	Michigan State University	CCHA	40	31	5	4th	-	2448	54	10	95.0	1.33
2001/02	Michigan State University	CCHA	40	26th	9	5	-	2412	71	8th	93.6	1.77
2002/03	Rochester Americans	AHL	47	23	18th	5	-	2815	10	2	92.0	2.34	3	1	2	190	13	0	85.6	4.11
2002/03	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	15th	6th	8th	1	-	912	40	1	90.2	2.63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Rochester Americans	AHL	60	27	25th	7th	-	3579	132	5	92.5	2.21	14th	7th	7th	857	26th	2	93.4	1.82
2003/04	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	3	0	3	0	-	177	15th	0	79.5	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Rochester Americans	AHL	63	41	17th	4th	-	3740	153	8th	92.2	2.45	9	5	4th	547	24	0	90.9	2.63
2005/06	Rochester Americans	AHL	2	1	1	0	-	120	5	0	88.9	2.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	48	30th	14th	-	3	2862	124	1	91.4	2.60	18th	11	7th	1123	48	1	90.8	2.56
2006/07	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	63	40	16	-	6th	3692	168	2	91.1	2.73	16	9	7th	1029	38	0	92.2	2.22
2007/08	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	76	36	27	-	10	4474	197	3	90.6	2.64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	59	34	18th	-	6th	3443	145	5	91.8	2.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	69	41	18th	-	8th	4047	150	5	92.9	2.22	6th	2	4th	384	15th	0	92.6	2.34
2010/11	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	66	34	22nd	-	8th	3829	165	5	91.6	2.59	7th	3	4th	410	20th	2	91.7	2.93
2011/12	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	61	31	21st	-	7th	3536	150	6th	91.6	2.54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	40	17th	17th	-	5	2302	108	0	91.5	2.81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Buffalo Sabers	NHL	40	15th	22nd	-	3	2384	108	0	92.3	2.72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	St. Louis Blues	NHL	19th	10	8th	-	1	1117	46	1	90.3	2.47	6th	2	4th	422	19th	0	89.7	2.70
2014/15	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	45	29	15th	-	1	2542	107	6th	91.1	2.53	3	1	1	156	6th	0	91.0	2.31
2015/16	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	51	17th	24	-	6th	3027	137	1	91.6	2.70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	54	18th	29	-	6th	3212	150	3	91.4	2.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	28	12	6th	-	6th	1354	53	4th	92.8	2.35	1	0	0	20th	3	0	75.0	9.00
2018/19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	20th	8th	7th	-	2	1109	51	1	91.2	2.76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	23	9	6th	-	4th	1239	64	0	90.7	3.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NAHL total			84	52	28	1	-	4824	186	11	-	2.31	6th	2	4th	376	17th	1	-	2.72
NCAA overall			105	73	19th	12	-	6385	164	26th	94.0	1.55
AHL total			172	92	61	16	-	10254	300	15th	92.2	2.34	26th	13	13	1594	63	2	91.6	2.36
NHL overall			780	387	281	1	85	45275	1978	44	91.5	2.62	57	28	27	3544	149	3	91.3	2.52

International

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
2002	United States	WM	7th place	4th	2	2	238	7th	1	95.0	1.76
2003	United States	WM	13th place	4th	2	2	193	8th	0	88.9	2.49
2010	United States	Olympia		6th	5	1	355	8th	1	94.6	1.35
2014	United States	Olympia	4th Place	1	1	0	60	1	0	94.4	1.00
Men overall				15th	10	5	846	24	2	93.2	1.74

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹ play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)