Mike Millar
Michael " Mike" Millar ( born April 28, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who was active during his career, including in the National Hockey League, German Hockey League and the Swiss National League A.
Career
Mike Millar began his playing career in 1982 at his home club, the Brantford Alexanders in the Ontario Hockey League, near his hometown. With 70 goals in two seasons, you could already guess early on his qualities as a striker. Consequently, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 in the sixth round at 110th position of the Hartford Whalers.
Until his first appearance in the National Hockey League but should still take about two years. First he was sent within the OHL to the Hamilton Steel Hawks before 1985 for one year the Team Canada joined. Again, he did convince with 88 points in only 69 games. Finally, it brought the 1986 Hartford Whalers, where he also scored his first goal equal in his first game. In the 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, he overcame Andy Moog for intermediate 2-0. Most of the time however, he was employed at farm team in Binghamton Whalers of the American Hockey League. On July 6, 1988, he was transferred along with his comrades Neil Sheehy to the Washington Capitals. Hartford got on the player Grant Jennings and Ed Kastelic of the Brussels residents. But even here, Millar spent the majority of the time the farm team, the Baltimore Skipjacks in the AHL. On 2 October 1989, the next change as Millar followed sent to the Boston Bruins and was Alfie Turcotte was in return for the Caps. The Farm Team this year were the Maine Mariners, for whom he played 60 of 75 games of the season. In 1990, he was then for one year at the Toronto Maple Leafs, but for which he made just seven games. The main part of the season he spent with the Newmarket Saints.
His first stop in Europe was 1991, the ESV Kaufbeuren. The following year he made a short trip to Switzerland for EHC Chur. In the same year, he still came to three other stakes in the team Canada. In 1993 he finally undertook the EC Kassel, who was with him to the 1994 founding member of the German Ice Hockey League. After disagreements during the 1997/98 season he moved shortly to the Frankfurt Lions, but where he could not prevail. In 1998, he finally came to the GEC Nordhorn, but had to file for bankruptcy the following year. So he moved again, this time to the Hamburg Crocodiles, with which he descended in the second season in the league. After a brief stint of six appearances for the REV Bremerhaven in the 2001/ 02 season, he finally went back to Canada.
His longest and arguably most successful engagement had Mike Millar in Kassel. There he was obliged in 1993 as a scorer and made in subsequent years this reputation all honor. 1994 from the 1st Bundesliga German Hockey League and from the EC Kassel Kassel Huskies. Millar quickly became an audience favorite and landed in internal elections to the " Player of the Year " regularly on the podium. One of the hardest blow shots around the league earned him the nickname " mortar - Mike".
Ironically, in the otherwise successful runner-up season 1996/97 he was slowed by a hand injury. On December 22, he broke in the game against the Bulls Rosenheim Star a thumb and had to miss a few weeks. He succeeded not in the subsequent period to connect with his old Torerfolge. There were early in the season 1997/98 internal disagreements with the club's management, as some players pushed forward the dismantling of the former " Coach of the Year " Gerhard Brunner. After this was finally released and success still forthcoming, also Millar and other players were suspended from the game. In a " cloak-and- dagger operation ," he then wrote a contract until the end of the season just when arch-rivals from the south of Hesse, the Frankfurt Lions. After about five years and 231 games in the dress with the number # 13 of the Huskies went with this change of an era in Kassler Hockey to end. To this day, he leads the club in Statistics at the most goals (94 ) in the preliminaries of the DEL - years and the average points (1.25 ) per game.
After his return from Europe, he ended his career in 2003 at the Dundas Real McCoys, a seniors team of the Ontario Hockey Association.
Career Stats
( 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 )