Sonny Milano

United States Sonny Milano


Date of birth	May 12, 1996
place of birth	Massapequa , New York , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	93 kg

position	Left wing
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 1st round, 16th position Columbus Blue Jackets

Career stations

2011–2012	Cleveland Barons
2012-2014	US National Team Development Program
2014-2015	Plymouth Whalers
2015	Springfield Falcons
2015-2019	Lake Erie / Cleveland Monsters
2016-2020	Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2020	Anaheim Ducks

Frank "Sonny" Milano (born May 12, 1996 in Massapequa , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League since February 2020 and plays there on the position of the left winger . Previously, he spent about five years in the Columbus Blue Jackets organization .

Career

Milano first played for the Cleveland Barons in the North American Hockey League during his junior years between 2011 and 2012 . He then worked for two years for the US National Team Development Program in the United States Hockey League . Although he was selected in the first round in the first round of the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League in 14th place in the NHL Entry Draft and was signed by them a little later, the striker initially joined the Plymouth Whalers from the Ontario Hockey League . Towards the end of the 2014/15 season, Milano finally made his professional debut for the Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League .

In the summer of 2016, Milano's OHL rights were initially transferred to the Flint Firebirds , who had taken over the business of the Plymouth Whalers. This transferred the same but soon to league rivals London Knights . But since the Columbus Blue Jackets decided to bring their first round pick closer to the NHL at professional level, Milano spent the season with the Blue Jackets' new farm team , the Lake Erie Monsters . With these he won the Calder Cup at the end of the season . During the season, Milano also made his NHL debut and was used in three games for Columbus.

After about five years in the organization of the Blue Jackets, Milano was handed over to the Anaheim Ducks for the trade deadline in February 2020 , while Devin Shore moved to Columbus in return .

International

Milano took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 , the U18 Junior World Championship in 2014 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2015 and 2016 for its home country . He was able to win the bronze medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2016. At the U18 Junior World Championships in 2014, the team was crowned world champion in this age group. Milano scored the decisive goal in the final game to make it 3-2 in a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic.

He made his debut for the senior national team in his home country at the 2018 World Cup , where he won the bronze medal with the team.

Achievements and Awards

2016 Calder Cup win with the Lake Erie Monsters

International

2013 bronze medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
2014 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship
2016 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
2018 bronze medal at the world championship

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
2012/13	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL	38	10	12	22nd	12	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL	25th	14th	25th	39	21st	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	50	22nd	46	68	24	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Springfield Falcons	AHL	10	0	5	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL	54	14th	17th	31	22nd	17th	4th	4th	8th	4th
2015/16	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	63	18th	29	47	24	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	4th	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2017/18	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	9	2	3	5	4th	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	55	14th	8th	22nd	10	3	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Cleveland Monsters	AHL	27	11	13	24	22nd	8th	2	8th	10	10
2018/19	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	8th	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	46	5	13	18th	22nd	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	9	2	3	5	4th	-	-	-	-	-
USHL total			63	24	37	61	33	-	-	-	-	-
OHL total			50	22nd	46	68	24	-	-	-	-	-
AHL total			163	45	67	112	72	25th	6th	12	18th	14th
NHL overall			125	22nd	25th	47	36	4th	0	0	0	0

International

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2013	United States	U17-WHC		6th	4th	6th	10	6th
2014	United States	U18 World Cup		7th	3	7th	10	4th
2015	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place	5	2	2	4th	2
2016	United States	U20 World Cup		7th	1	7th	8th	2
2018	United States	WM		8th	1	1	2	4th
Juniors overall				25th	10	22nd	32	14th
Men overall				8th	1	1	2	4th

( 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

Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
Sonny Milano at eliteprospects.com (English)

Squad of the Anaheim Ducks in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Milano, Sonny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Milano, Frank (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH	Massapequa , New York