Jason Miller (ice hockey)

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Jason Miller
Jason Miller 2009.jpg
Born (1971-03-01) March 1, 1971 (age 54)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
Kaufbeurer Adler
Düsseldorfer EG
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Hamburg Freezers
HPK Hameenlinna
NHL draft 18th overall, 1989
New Jersey Devils
Playing career 19902010

Jason Miller (born March 1, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six games in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils.

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Playing career

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Miller was drafted 18th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. [1]

Miller was also an indirect participant in one of the most important trades in NHL history. Almost a year prior to the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the Edmonton Oilers traded "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991, and 1993. The Oilers later traded their 1989 first-round draft pick to the New Jersey Devils who drafted Miller 18th-overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. [1]

He was assigned to the American Hockey League for the Utica Devils and then the Albany River Rats. In three seasons, Miller played just six NHL games for New Jersey and failed to register a point. After a season with the Adirondack Red Wings, Miller moved to Europe with a spell in Finland's SM-liiga with HPK and in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with Kaufbeurer Adler before returning to the United States in the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen and the San Antonio Dragons. [1]

In 1996, Miller returned to Germany, spending one season with Düsseldorfer EG before moving to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers where he spent four seasons. He spent one more season in the DEL with the Hamburg Freezers [2] before dropping down to the 2nd Bundesliga and signing with the SERC Wild Wings. He then spent four seasons with Eisbären Regensburg before joining Dresdner Eislöwen in 2008. [3] after Regensburg withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties. [4] During his second season with Dresdner, with the team slumping and in need for injury replacements, Miller was released from his contract on January 25, 2010. [5]

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 7111182928150112
1988–89 Medicine Hat TigersWHL7251551064431232
1989–90 Medicine Hat TigersWHL664356994033250
1990–91 Medicine Hat TigersWHL6660761363112910198
1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 10000
1991–92 Utica Devils AHL 712332553141340
1991–92 New Jersey DevilsNHL30000
1992–93 Utica DevilsAHL722842704354482
1992–93 New Jersey DevilsNHL20000
1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL772253756551124
1994–95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL773233653941010
1995–96 HPK SM-l 22461010
1995–96 Kaufbeurer Adler DEL 31120
1995–96 Peoria Rivermen IHL 391622386111234
1996–97 San Antonio Dragons IHL762643694391456
1997–98 Düsseldorfer EG DEL491621372631230
1998–99 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL51303161561356118
1999–2000 Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL5422204234
2000–01 Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL562136574420222
2001–02 Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL501023337540116
2002–03 Hamburg Freezers DEL4755101420000
2003–04 SERC Wild Wings DEU.2 471138496131120
2004–05Eisbären RegensburgDEU.2513737747710591412
2005–06Eisbären RegensburgDEU.2502540659551238
2006–07Eisbären RegensburgDEU.2442426508840220
2007–08Eisbären RegensburgDEU.24718213964
2008–09 Dresdner Eislöwen DEU.22917122910
2009–10Dresdner EislöwenDEU.2387222932
NHL totals60000
AHL totals2971051602651781878156
DEL totals310105137242249246111716

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jason Miller's Player Profile". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. "Jason Miller". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  3. "Jason Miller rushes for Dresden". .EIS Hockey.info.
  4. "Nach Regensburg muss auch Essen Insolvenz anmelden (in German)". ESBG. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  5. "Jason Miller and Stefan Mann released as free agents". eislowen.de (in German). 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
Preceded by New Jersey Devils first round draft pick
1989
Succeeded by