Dan McGillis
Daniel McGillis ( born July 1, 1972 in Hawkesbury, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on the position of the defender. Previously, he was already active for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.
Career
McGillis first played from 1989 to 1992 in the in eastern Ontario -based Central Junior A Hockey League in the Hawkesbury Hawks. Although his performances were not exactly impressive, voted him the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 in the tenth round at 238th position. Despite his age of 20 years already, the Canadians decided initially against a pro contract and moved to the Boston Northeastern University, where he completed his studies and at the same aground for the university team in the Hockey East the National Collegiate Athletic Association. After four years and appealing statistics, 1995 and 1996 gave him two appeals in the various all-star teams in the NCAA.
After the transfer of rights had been transferred from the Red Wings to the Edmonton Oilers on his person in March 1996 in exchange for Kirk Maltby, McGillis signed with the Oilers before the 1995/96 season at the age of 24 years, his first professional contract. There, the defender established immediately in the NHL squad and came in his rookie season to 73 inserts. The season 1996/97 spent of Canadians first with the Oilers before he was released during the season just before the end of the transfer period for Janne Niinimaa to the Philadelphia Flyers. On the U.S. West Coast defender remained until well into the game in 2002/ 03 and had to be there in the 2000 /01 season by far the best NHL year with 49 points in 82 games. Since McGillis could no longer continue this performance in the following two years, the Flyers decided in December 2002 to transfer McGillis for Marcus Ragnarsson to the San Jose Sharks, who were after a botched start to the season in transition. However, since ceased not improve the team with the arrival of Canadian, he had the team after only 37 games left again. The links gunman was delivered to the Boston Bruins, who sent a draft electoral law the second round to San Jose in return. For the Bruins, his statistics improved by the end of the 2003/04 season again easily.
Due to the NHL lockout in 2004/ 05 continued McGillis from the entire year and signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils, one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference before the season 2005/ 06. First, the Canadians also belonged to the NHL squad, but after a disappointing record of only six assists in 27 games pushed him the Devils management in the American Hockey League from. There McGillis spent the rest of the year the Devils farm team, the Albany River Rats. In the season 2006/ 07 he had to be content again with a regular place in the AHL. In 68 games for the Lowell Devils of the Canadians scored 41 points, his expiring in summer 2007 contract was not renewed and also in the seasonal preparatory training camp Vancouver Canucks, who had invited him to a so-called try-out the contract, McGillis could not recommend. Then the Canadians signed in October a contract with the Adler Mannheim of the DEL, which later was extended until the end of season 2008 /09. After the Eagles parted after the expiry of the Treaty of McGillis, the defender a contract signed in January 2010 again with his former club from the DEL. End of the season 2009/10, however, his contract was not renewed.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Cup 2002
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )