Corey Millen

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Corey Millen
Born (1964-03-30) March 30, 1964 (age 60)
Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for HC Ambri-Piotta
New York Rangers
Los Angeles Kings
New Jersey Devils
Dallas Stars
Calgary Flames
Kölner Haie
HC Lugano
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 57th overall, 1982
New York Rangers
Playing career 1987–2004

Corey Eugene Millen (born March 30, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League between 1990 and 1997 with five teams. Internationally he played for the American national team at several tournaments, including the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. In 2020, he was named the head coach of the St. Cloud Norsemen in the North American Hockey League. [1]

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Career

NHL

Millen played for the University of Minnesota after being selected by the New York Rangers in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

Millen started his National Hockey League career with the Rangers in 1990 where he appeared in four games. He also played for the Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames. He was sent to the Calgary Flames along with Jarome Iginla in the trade which sent Joe Nieuwendyk to the Dallas Stars. He left the NHL after the 1997 season.

Europe

After playing four years with the University of Minnesota, Millen moved to Europe for the first time, where he played in the Swiss Nationalliga A from 1987 to 1989 along with Dale McCourt, wearing the jersey of HC Ambri-Piotta. At the end of this period he moved back to the U.S. where he started his NHL career with the Rangers.

In 1997 Millen joined the Cologne Sharks of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He played in Cologne until the end of the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03 he moved to Switzerland and joined HC Lugano of the Nationalliga A for one season and spent a second season with Nationalliga B team EHC Visp before retiring from hockey in 2004.

Coaching

In 2011, Millen became the head coach of the Alaska Avalanche in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). He then was head coach of the Minnesota Wilderness in the NAHL from 2013 to 2016.

Millen became the head coach of the St. Cloud Norsemen in the NAHL in 2020 and is presently coaching there.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1980–81 Cloquet High School HS-MN ——————————
1981–82Cloquet High SchoolHSMN18463379——————
1982–83 University of Minnesota WCHA 2114152918—————
1984–85 University of MinnesotaWCHA3828366460—————
1985–86 University of MinnesotaWCHA4841428364—————
1986–87 University of MinnesotaWCHA4236296562—————
1987–88 HC Ambrì–Piotta NDA 52465685134
1988–89 HC Ambrì–PiottaNDA36322860119643718
1989–90 New York Rangers NHL 40002—————
1989–90 Flint Spirits IHL 114592—————
1990–91 New York RangersNHL4314061230
1990–91 Binghamton Rangers AHL 401937566860778
1991–92 New York RangersNHL1114510—————
1991–92 Binghamton RangersAHL15871544—————
1991–92 Los Angeles Kings NHL462021414460116
1992–93 Los Angeles KingsNHL42231639422342612
1993–94 New Jersey Devils NHL782030505271012
1994–95 New Jersey DevilsNHL172358—————
1994–95 Dallas Stars NHL28315182851012
1995–96 Dallas StarsNHL133478—————
1995–96 Michigan K–Wings IHL118111914—————
1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL314101410—————
1996–97 Calgary FlamesNHL6111152632—————
1997–98 Kölner Haie DEL 271516314632136
1998–99 Kölner HaieDEL48263965153522437
1999–00 Kölner HaieDEL38173249521043716
2000–01 Kölner HaieDEL59342862127300027
2001–02 Kölner HaieDEL5722244615613651136
2002–03 HC Lugano NLA311091953—————
2002–03 EHC Visp NLB —————20000
DEL totals22911413925353434141125122
NHL totals3359011920923647571222

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1982 United States WJC 72464
1984 United States OLY 60002
1987 United States CC 11010
1988 United StatesOLY665114
1998 United States WC Q 33034
Junior totals72464
Senior totals161051510

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Second Team 1984–85 [2]
All-WCHA Second Team 1985–86 [2]
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1985–86 [3]
All-WCHA Second Team 1986–87 [2]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1987 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Millen and Chorske take over reigns in St. Cloud". NAHL. April 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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