Dan McGillis

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Dan McGillis
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Dan McGillis with the Lowell Devils in 2006
Born (1972-07-01) July 1, 1972 (age 51)
Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Edmonton Oilers
Philadelphia Flyers
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
New Jersey Devils
Adler Mannheim
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL Draft 238th overall, 1992
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 19962010

Daniel Stewart McGillis (born July 1, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. He spent the final three seasons of his career playing for Adler Mannheim of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

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Playing career

McGillis was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 10th round, 238th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted McGillis chose to play in the college ranks and played with Northeastern University for 4 years. While in college he earned Hockey East first All-Star team honors twice (1995, 1996) and an NCAA East First All-American team nomination in 1996.

During his senior season McGillis was traded by the Red Wings to the Edmonton Oilers for Kirk Maltby. After college McGillis joined the Oilers for the 1996–97 season and played 73 games, scoring 22 points. The following season he scored 25 points in 67 games with the Oilers before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. He appeared in 13 games with the Flyers, scoring 6 points.

McGillis scored a career high 49 points during the 2000–01 season and won the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers top defenceman. McGillis played for three different teams in the 2002–03 season. He started the year with the Flyers before being traded to the San Jose Sharks. After only 37 games with the Sharks McGillis was again traded, this time to the Boston Bruins. For the 2003–04 season McGillis scored 28 points in 80 games with the Bruins.

After the 2004–05 NHL lockout McGillis signed with the New Jersey Devils. McGillis played in only 27 games with the Devils during the 2005–06 season before being demoted to the Albany River Rats, the first time in his career he was demoted to the minors, due to the Devils' salary cap issues and never played another game in the NHL. [1] For the 2006–07 season McGillis spent the entire year with the Devils' new minor league affiliate Lowell Devils, scoring 41 points in 68 games.

On September 20, 2007, McGillis accepted an invitation from the Vancouver Canucks to attend their training camp. [2] He was released by the team on October 1. He then signed with Adler Mannheim of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1989–90 Hawkesbury Hawks CJHL 5521352
1990–91Hawkesbury HawksCJHL568223092
1991–92Hawkesbury HawksCJHL3651924106
1992–93 Northeastern Huskies HE 355121742
1993–94 Northeastern HuskiesHE384252982
1994–95 Northeastern HuskiesHE349223170
1995–96 Northeastern HuskiesHE3412243650
1996–97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 7361622521205524
1997–98 Edmonton OilersNHL6710152574
1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL1315635512310
1998–99 Philadelphia FlyersNHL788374561601112
1999–2000 Philadelphia FlyersNHL6841418551826812
2000–01 Philadelphia FlyersNHL821435498661016
2001–02 Philadelphia FlyersNHL75514194651018
2002–03 Philadelphia FlyersNHL2403320
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL373131630
2002–03 Boston Bruins NHL100111053032
2003–04 Boston BruinsNHL80523286570002
2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL2706636
2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 407182557
2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL6810314162
2007–08 Adler Mannheim DEL 41381110850008
2008–09 Adler MannheimDEL473161988923512
2009–10 Adler MannheimDEL142244720000
NHL totals63456182238570648142276

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2002 Canada WC 50112
Senior totals50112

Awards and honours

AwardYear
All-Hockey East Rookie Team 1992–93
All-Hockey East All-Star 1994–95
All-Hockey East All-Star 1995–96
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1995–96

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References

  1. Der, Amara (2007-09-27). "McGillis Up Close". Vancouver Canucks. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  2. "Defenceman Dan McGillis Joins Canucks on a Professional Tryout". Vancouver Canucks. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-11-14.