Ryan Miller
Ryan Miller ( born July 17, 1980 in East Lansing, Michigan) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League since February 2014.
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Career
He began his career at Michigan State University. He was drawn by the Sabres in the fifth round as the 138th overall in the NHL Entry Draft in 1999. In Michigan, he set a new NCAA record for most career shutouts and won the 2001 Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Ten members of the ' Miller' family ( including his grandfather, father and brother Drew Miller) have also played college hockey at Michigan State. His cousin Kip Miller won the Hobey Baker Award 1990 Three Cousins Ryan Miller played in the NHL -. Kelly, Kevin and Kip Miller.
After three years at the University Ryan joined Miller in 2002 in the AHL with the Rochester Americans, which was then maintained a partnership with the Sabres from Buffalo. In his first season in Rochester, he also had his first appearances in the NHL for the Sabres. However, most of the time the following years he spent as the No. 1 Americans, the 2003/04 season for him personally was most successful and was crowned with the Aldege " Baz " Bastien Award.
In the 2005/06 season, Ryan Miller established himself as ' Number 1' of the Buffalo Sabres. He finished the regular season with a 11th place in Gegentorschnitt (2.60) and ninth in the category quota with a value of 91.4 %. In the play-offs, he confirmed his outstanding achievements and led the Sabres to the Conference Finals. In the following season he made with 40 victories on a new team record and led the Sabres to the Presidents' Trophy, which is awarded to the best team in the regular season point. In the play-offs the Sabres failed, however, again in the Conference Finals.
In the 2009/10 season, he surpassed his own record once again and finished the season with 41 wins. In addition, he stood with a catch rate of 92.9 % and a Gegentorschnitt of 2.22 each on the second place in the league statistics. At the end of the season he was eventually named best goalkeeper with the Vezina Trophy and elected to the NHL All-Star team. That same year, Miller the NHL Foundation Player Award went to, which is awarded annually to a player with a special commitment to charity.
On February 28, Ryan Miller was transferred together with the captain of the Sabres, Steve Ott, Jaroslav Halák, Chris Stewart, William Carrier and a first-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2015 to the St. Louis Blues. The Sabres get another first-round vote in 2014, when Miller his contract in St. Louis extended or the team in the play- offs in 2014 reached the Conference Finals.
Internationally
His first appointment to the national team of the United States got Miller for the World Cup in 2001, where he did not but was used as a third-choice goalkeeper behind Rick DiPietro and Robert Esche.
Miller was in the next two years, at the World Championships in 2002 and 2003, the squad of Team USA and it was each to four inserts.
Only at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 he ran again in an international match, reaching to the Team USA a silver medal. Miller was awarded after the tournament Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper and elected to the All- Star team of the tournament. In addition, he presented with a Gegentorschnitt of 1.35 on a new Olympic record.
Awards and achievements
- 2000 CCHA Second All-Star Team
- 2001 Hobey Baker Memorial Award
- 2001 CCHA First All -Star Team
- 2001 CCHA Player of the Year
- 2001 NCAA West First All-American Team
- 2002 CCHA First All -Star Team
- 2002 CCHA Player of the Year
- 2002 NCAA West First All-American Team
- 2003 NHL Young Stars Game
- 2005 AHL All- Star Classic
- 2005 AHL First All -Star Team
- 2005 Aldege " Baz " Bastien Award
- 2006 NHL Player of the Month October
- 2007 NHL All-Star Game
- 2010 Vezina Trophy
- 2010 NHL Foundation Player Award
- 2010 NHL First All -Star Team
Internationally
- 2010 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 Most Valuable Player of the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 Best Goalkeeper of the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 All -Star team for the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )
Personal
Miller married on 3 September 2011, the American actress Noureen DeWulf.